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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air) Kindle Edition

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"Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book . . . intoxicating" - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows

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.

One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal.

As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong.

But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan . . .

Enter the dramatic and thrilling world of the Folk of the Air, brimful of magic and romance from New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.

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THE FOLK OF THE AIR
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2 January 2018
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"Heart-in-throat action, deadly romance, double-crossing, moral complexity--this is one heck of a ride."

-- "Booklist (starred review)"

Caitlin Kelly captures the capriciousness and cruelty of the Fae, along with their sweet tones and charming but deadly personalities. Her Jude is both strong and vulnerable, and Kelly portrays her changing emotions well. Black's dark Faerie tale world draws listeners in and definitely leaves them wanting more.

-- "School Library Journal (starred audio review)"

"Another fantastic, deeply engaging, and all-consuming work from Black that belongs on all YA shelves."

-- "School Library Journal (starred review)"

"Black is a master at world-building...Jude, who possesses just enough badness that you really root for her...will have fans eager to follow her. Good thing the book kicks off a trilogy."

-- "New York Times"

"Black is well known for writing dark fairy-tale novels, but this is her darkest to date. Blood splatters every page with bullying, attempted and actual murders, political betrayal, and revolt."

-- "BookRiot"

"Narrator Caitlin Kelly perfectly crafts the fierce and determined voice of seventeen-year-old Jude...[and] smoothly transitions from one character to the next, creating energized dialogue that reflects the drama of the story. Listeners will be enchanted by Jude and her fantastical world of fast-paced adventure, political intrigue, and a hint of romance."

-- "AudioFile"

"Spellbinding...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."

-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

"Spins a tale of court intrigue, bloodshed, and a truly messed-up relationship...This is a heady blend of Faerie lore, high fantasy, and high-school drama, dripping with description that brings the dangerous but tempting world of Faerie to life."

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

"Surprises abound in this capricious tale, which shifts and changes just when readers think they have gained their footing on the complicated details and emotions that enliven Black's faerie world..[A] fierce and dazzling first in the Folk of the Air series"

-- "RT Book Reviews (4 stars)"

"This splendidly wicked and richly created story is one you won't want to miss."

-- "BuzzFeed"

"This story reveals greater depth and detail of Faerie than ever before. Black's characters are no longer playing the game without knowing the consequences...Black unfolds this sweeping, twisting narrative with the fine-tuned understanding of someone who's spent nearly her whole life poking around the depths of Faerie."

-- "BookPage" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children, including Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick series. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award and the Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library. Her website is www.blackholly.com. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071XQ6H38
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hot Key Books (2 January 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3623 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 385 pages

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Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of speculative and fantasy novels, short stories, and comics. She has been a finalist for an Eisner and a Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. She has sold over 26 million books worldwide, her work has been translated into over 30 languages and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library.

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Brilliantly enjoyable.... whatever a reader needs

Reviewed in India on 16 September 2023

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One of the most thrilling,I ever read a complex, little sensuality,lush and dark romance and brilliant story telling.It make dive into its Isles of elfhame, great book for all age but below 13 or 12 should avoid it but otherwise go for it

Reviewed in India on 26 August 2023

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Original copy..
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I only bought the book after throughly checking out the reviews from the customers saying it's the original version . But I recieved the pirated version . You can understand just by seeing the cover. I'm so disappointed with the purchase. Didn't expect it from Amazon.

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Was unexpected

Reviewed in India on 17 July 2023

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I was thinking it was some romcom book!! But not!! I loved it so much than i ever thought

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This is the review after reading half of book. Its good story engaging

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One of the most intriguing books of science fantasy

Reviewed in India on 6 June 2023

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Loved the beginning, loved the end ... Sat on the edge of my seat through everything in between. This has been one of the best sci-fan reads in a long time. Can't wait to finish the series and hope and pray the tempo doesn't flag.

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Amazing quality but not as amazing as ☆Cardan☆

Reviewed in India on 22 June 2023

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The book's quality is amazing great printing and quality paper. The story....GOD I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. Enemies to lovers >>>

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Ilona

Amazing book!

Reviewed in France on 28 July 2023

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I picked this book because I'd heard so much about it, that I thought I had to give it a go, even though I haven't read fantasy in quite a long while.
And I have to admit, I wasn't expecting to love it as much!

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Holly Black's writing is awesome. The book just read so easily and the descriptions were so pleasant and enjoyable to read. They were detailed but not overwhelming, and for some reason, I found myself absolutely delighted when Black described the clothing of the characters!

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The characters—the main one, Jude, as well as all the others, such as Cardan, Vivi, Madoc, Oriana, etc.—were quite unique.

Jude lies, kills, and everything in-between, which I think is not usual for a main character—and that surprised me in a positive way. She shouldn't have been a ‘loveable’ character, yet I found myself absolutely fond of her.

And all the other characters were also so, so unique as well. I don't think I'd read a book with so many cruel characters. They definitely all felt unusual to me. Yet I somehow grew attached to many of them? I really enjoyed that.

There are a ton of characters, and usually that's the kind of thing that makes me hard for me to read a book, as I can't always quite remember who is who. But in this book that's not been the case, I could easily remember which character was doing what.

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This book is a (rather) dark fantasy. There are a lot of blood scenes in it, and some characters want our main to die—for the sole reason that she's a human.

I absolutely loved how the Fae folk were depicted, too. It felt like Holly Black had put a lot of thought and effort into them. I liked the fact that they couldn't lie, for instance. It gave them much more depth and complexity.

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Overall, I really loved this book. It made me want to read more novels in the fantasy genre, and, obviously, read the rest of ‘The Folk of the Air’ book series, too!

I'd definitely recommend that book to any reader. If you like fantasy, you'll surely love it, and if you don't read much fantasy, you may still enjoy it as I did!

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I used to never be a reader who gave into the hype and buzz a new book can sometimes bring along with it. But while Instagram has taken book marketing to an entirely different level, some books are becoming difficult to ignore. Literally thousands upon thousands of readers, reviewers, publicists, and enthusiasts are pushing the free marketing of books attached to hashtags and accompanied by beautiful and creative photography upon Instagram and other social media site purveyors daily. The Cruel Prince was one book that began to saturate my feed as readers latched on to the newest novel by fantasy maven Holly Black; their accolades and insistent cries that the book shattered them caught my interest and I decided to dive in.

The opening is brutal. Young Jude and her two sisters are enjoying a quiet afternoon at home, the TV lulling them into a comfortable slumber while their parents tinker about in other parts of their cozy home. Unbeknownst to them, this is the day that everything they have ever known will change, as the man watching their home from across the street decides to finally make his move. The stranger barges into their haven and shatters the idyllic scene by murdering both of Jude's parents in a quick and succinct fashion.

Whisked away to the land of Faerie, Jude and her sisters are forced into a life settled firmly on the borders of being outsiders. Her oldest sister, Vivi, being the cause of the disruption in their lives, is ironically the most unhappy with their new situation. She is only Jude's half-sister, the result of their mother faking her own death and spiriting herself and her pregnant belly back to the mortal world, with the help of a secret love. Previously attached to a brutal war general of Faerie, Jude's mother committed the ultimate act of betrayal by hiding the child, and the result was her execution. By the laws vested in Faerie, General Madoc became responsible for the children of his wife the moment she died at his hand, and he takes his responsibilities very seriously.

Growing up in Faerie has had its difficulties, almost from day one. Jude is not one of them, not a member of the Fair Folk. She is human: dispensable and fragile; a veritable non-starter. Her saving grace, however, is that she is a member of the upper class and elite. Having been raised by Madoc garners her a touch of reverance. He is a man who commands respect and if he doesn't find it, he takes it by force. Having risen to become the right hand of the Faerie King by hook, crook, and buckets of blood, Jude is afforded a modicum of respect in Madoc's stead. But behind the scenes, she is taunted and ridiculed by her peers, looked at as a pretender, and as a frail human who has no real worth or talent. To say the situation is complicated is an understatement.

The worst of those who bully her is Cardan, the beautiful young Prince of Faerie who chooses to amuse himself by taunting her and putting her right onto the cusp of deathly danger before ripping her back. He skulks around the periphery of her life with his band of merry friends, waiting for any opportunity he can find to make her life miserable. Her twin sister Taryn also suffers the same fate of having her life soaked in nasty words and actions . . . but there is something different in the way Cardan treats Jude - almost as if he divines immense pleasure from making her bleed from within, from personally making her feel like less than human . . . and more like an animal.

Cardan is cruel, to say the least of it. But Jude has other things on her mind. She has to find a way to solidify her place in Faerie as the impending years of her adulthood begin to creep just over the horizon. She has some ideas on how to do this, but she finds that she's blocked at every turn by her pseudo-father, Madoc. He insists that he has her best interests at heart, and he has always treated her just the same as his true born daughter Vivi, but Jude is cloaked in a blanket of frustration and raw anger. She wants to fight. She's trained for it. So why won't he allow her her chance?

She's also finding herself strangely attracted to a member of Cardan's vicious pack, but the man in question seems to have secrets of his own, hidden within the endless depths of his mysterious soul and locked behind the doors of the expansive empty mansion on the outskirts of the forest that he calls home.

And then a proposition is brought to Jude, from the most unlikely of characters. The man most believed to become King after the current reign is over comes to her in secret, seeking an alliance. Prince Dain offers Jude her innermost heart's desires, in exchange for information. He wants her to become his spy, part of his Court of Shadows. And Jude must toe the thin line between safety and sure death to get the Prince what he demands.

But before Jude can achieve her goal and find her place in Faerie, everything begins to unravel like so much thread from a well-worn sweater. And on an evening that was supposed to be dedicated to a fresh new start, Jude will watch everything burn to the ground, leaving her to pick up the pieces and put them back together all on her own.

The Cruel Prince is the first book in the Folk of the Air trilogy, and before I recommend this to you let me say - you will be clamoring for more from the moment you turn the last page. This novel, set in the high-fantasy world of enigmatic Faerie, is sharp and deceptive, taking the reader on a roller coaster ride full of darkness and delight. The writing is masterful and faithful to the fictional world of Faerie as most high-fantasy readers know it. Sometimes YA books can come across as a bit corny, but this one was full of strong female characters and flawed systems. Nothing was obvious, and the plot was well-played.

This is one book that lives up to the hype. Appropriate for readers ages 13+, fans of The Cruel Prince would be wise to look into the rest of Black's literary catalogue, as the worlds of her novels have finely tuned connections. Also, the cover art and a sneak peek excerpt has been dropped via Entertainment Weekly - both can be viewed on their website.

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Diana

Wow!!

Reviewed in Germany on 18 October 2023

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I am usually not a fan of YA, but this book is magnificent. Rich world building and lots of political intrigue. More fantasy than romance. I should dislike the main male character, but I simply can't. I guess I have a thing for damaged men in fiction, lol. Anyhow, loved the story and will definitely read book2.

melanie

Una trilogía fantástica.

Reviewed in Mexico on 29 September 2023

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El inicio de este libro te engancha desde el inicio, una protagonista valiente, giros inesperados, una trama y un mundo qué se va construyendo con cada página, denle una oportunidad y van a encontrar un libro fantástico.

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Reviewed in the United States on 7 May 2018

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Jude and her two sisters are taken to Faerie to live with their mother's former Fae War General lover, growing up in a harsh world of magic and unfriendly Folk. Jude hates that she is mortal and covets many things about the fey. Her life becomes dangerously entangled as her desire for respect, power and adventure meets the attention of the royals...especially Cardan, the prince she hates above all.

THE GOOD

The world, the diversity, the sense of each character--even the side characters. We aren't entrenched in learning only about Jude and her relation to the world as the MC. Instead there is an array of well-developed and independently driven characters who leave little breadcrumbs about what they've been through, where they've been, and who they've been with. Because the Folk can't lie, they craft their sentences in a way that can leave things with a lot of ambiguity, but when it all starts to click...it is one heck of a ride.

From the first brutal pages, the author makes no apologies for the blood-driven power of Madoc, the true father of the eldest sister Vivienne, who has come to reclaim his daughter (and her younger sisters) from the mortal world. You can feel the immediate fear and reverence for the immortal. I love the way that Madoc is made; incredibly strong and strict, but also pliable and deferring to his daughters' whims and wills at times. And his family is, as you can imagine, is not a status quo, nuclear unit. His first wife is slain, his new wife is fey and has a son, and then he has Vivienne, Taryn and Jude. He loves, protects and educates all of them, but he is so much more than a father and the image he projects.

Faerie and the mortal world. Yes, you get two coinciding worlds in this beauty of a book. Instead of making the worlds geographically separated by a wall or continent or a magic parallel world, these worlds are overlapped the way you may have seen in early fairy tales. Vivi, while she is one of the folk, likes to travel back to the mortal world with her sisters, and by herself at times. Her rebellion against Madoc is to shun Faerie and enjoy all the human joys of malls, a secret human girlfriend, and indulging her sisters with coffee, candy and shopping. One of my favorite moments is when Jude gets to glimpse part of the mortal world while in Faerie. The description was fascinating and gorgeous. It made me feel how close they were, how far they were, and where Jude's real interest was in this world.

The royals are equally fascinating. We don't get to intimately understand all of them, however we learn just enough about each, chapter by chapter. The ailing king. The Crown Prince Dain, the "Cruel" Prince Cardan, the power-hungry Prince Balekin, and glimpses of the princesses and others, including royals from other courts. Cardan was by far my favorite, being deliciously complex and...well, I should move him to the next section.

THE GREAT

“He looks like a faerie lover stepped out of a ballad, the kind where no good comes to the girl who runs away with him.”

The anti-love interest. I know I am a huge fan of anti-heroes, but I didn't quite understand the anti-love interest until now. But now I get it. And it's glorious.

Cardan is Jude's main source of torment and her favorite thing to hate. So from this first introduction in the quote above, I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but to think of Rhysand from ACOTAR. The acknowledgment of an unworldly beauty that draws someone in, but also compels them in the other direction. They are satellites of each other in this book, much like Rhys and Feyre were in the first book...entangled by circumstance, but that is where the similarities end. Cardan is a tormentor to her. Jude is a disrespectful and unworthy human to him. Hence, their classmate and royal vs. human relationship statues hold magnificent tension. I don't want to spoil anything, but there are a few twists in this book for them.

“I love my parents' murderer; I suppose I could love anyone.”

Jude. Jude is the other great of this book. I loved her sisters, but I loved Jude the most because she is so incredibly flawed and aware of it. And what's better...she doesn't act like you would expect a heroine to act. Maybe because she isn't going to be a heroine, ultimately. Two more books to figure her out. She has some noble thoughts, but is also a jumble of envy, longing, rapid mood swings, sisterly love, sisterly hate, and a fair dose of scheming. She isn't described as particularly beautiful, which I think made me love her more because we are seeing her through her eyes. Jude comments on noticing things like her height and hips and the heavy weight of her breasts in comparison to the lithe fey bodies around her. She feels nearly gross with humanness, having to deal with things like deodorant and tampons. In short, she felt like a real teenager.

My favorite thing about Jude though? She doesn't know exactly what she's capable of. She has a gut-sense of what to do, but mostly she seems to be getting by on her training from school, from Madoc, and instincts. It feels like she could fall off the very narrow blade she walks on at any moment. And that really propelled the story forward.

BUY, BORROW OR PASS

BUY. Absolutely buy. This series has only started and the rest of the series became an insta-buy for me after the first chapter.

Oh Jude, you don't know what you've done. That ending is going to haunt me.

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