The Cruel Prince

Holly Black

Jan 2018 · The Folk of the Air Book 1 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Caitlin Kelly

About this audiobook

By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, 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.

Ratings and reviews

How can she hope to be a knight when she can't even stand up to a group of bullies. There are multiple descriptions of what she had for dinner, but zero exploration into the personality of the guy she's dating. I guess if you're into the fantasy of being in a role but don't want to acknowledge the reality of what it would mean to be the servivor of your parents murder compounded by being kidnapped and raised by their murderer, who is a general that encourages you to learn how to be a warrior and doesn't put up with excuses...then this is def the book for you. Because all that back story does not impact the main chacter in any way. She's still just a whiney insecure teenager that wants to make daddy proud, doesn't know how to kiss, and has no survival instincts. Just *so* relatable when you have zero life experience.

love this series it's definitely a slow burn but worth it. Jude and Cardan have such great chemistry and banter I love reading scenes when they're together.

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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.