The Cruel Prince
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4.3 • 453 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.
And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.
Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.
To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.
In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Best-selling YA author Holly Black kicks off her Folk of the Air fantasy trilogy by pulling us into her intricately imagined realm of Faerie. Populated by pixies, sprites, trolls, and a thousand other fantastical creatures, Black’s rich, ornate world is a dazzling background for serious drama and intrigue. The Cruel Prince is a super-fun, immersive fantasy that also deals with the real, complex emotions stirred up by the desire to be accepted. We can’t wait to get our hands on the second book!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When Jude Duarte was seven, she watched Madoc, general to the high king of Elfhame, slaughter her parents. Madoc then dragged Jude and her two sisters off to Faerieland, where he raised them as his own. Ten years later, Jude remains an outcast who is cruelly bullied by the other children of Faerie the king's youngest son, Prince Cardan, chief among them. Jude dreams of becoming a member of the High Court and the power that it confers, so when the opportunity arises for her to enter into the service of one of Cardan's brothers, she seizes it, inadvertently placing herself at the center of a bloody coup and endangering the lives of everyone she loves. First in a trilogy, this spellbinding fantasy from Black (The Darkest Part of the Forest) reflects on the cost of ambition and explores the bomb-strewn border between love and hate. Breathtaking set pieces, fully developed supporting characters, and a beguiling, tough-as-nails heroine enhance an intricate, intelligent plot that crescendos to a jaw-dropping third-act twist. Ages 15 up.
Customer Reviews
Enemies to Lovers
”If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
Jude Duarte was only seven years old when she witnessed her parents being brutally murdered in cold blood. The man who killed her parents stole her and her two sisters taking them to a land known as the High Court of Faerie.
In the ten years, all Jude wants is to belong despite being mortal. But how can she when one Faerie in particular, known as Prince Cardan. He is a cruel Prince, and with the help of his trio, they bully Jude and her sister Taryn every chance they get.
What happens when Jude has had enough and stands up for herself? She’ll should learn what happens when you become the enemy of the Cruel Prince.
Tropes
👑 Enemies to Lovers
👑 Sword play
👑 Bada** FMC
👑 Morally Grey MMC
👑 Betrayal
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I heard so much great things about this series and I’m so happy I got into reading the first novel! I was hooked from the very beginning in this beautiful Faerie world. I enjoyed all of the twist and turns to the betrayals.
That Coronation scene, I had a feeling certain situations would happen but never anticipated how everything would play out and I was going through so many emotions during it all. The ending was the perfect end to the first novel and I can’t wait to read the second novel!
I will be re reading till the day I die
I dont read much, and THIS BOOK WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN. I became obsessed with the trilogy very quickly. I could write an essay on Jude I swear. It really is a dark jewel of a book.
Great characters, No plot
this had such great reviews and yes it is a okay book great characters but almost no plot