katie
Written on Jul 31, 2020
As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.
- ISBN10 0316310352
- ISBN13 9780316310352
- Publish Date 8 January 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English
Reviews
pagingserenity
Written on Jul 26, 2020
And omfg that ending! Let's just say I'm glad I have the Queen of Nothing on hand and waited until I got it to binge this series. What a cliffhanger!
Katie King
Written on Jun 16, 2020
KitsuneBae
Written on May 30, 2020
Chelsea
Written on Apr 29, 2020
ladygrey
Written on Mar 19, 2020
1 - Jude and Carden would work well together. And the story, despite whatever conflict Black is intent on conjuring, would be more interesting with them working together. At least to me. They’re both smart and even though they spend a lot of this book not interacting, when they do their interplay is the most interesting thing in the story. Having them at odds serves it’s purpose but it leaves a whole lot of book that’s not as much fun to read as the moments when they’re bickering or plotting.
2 books with sucky endings suck. Yeah there’s that moment of, well isn’t Cardan clever to have worked this all out. But what it boils down to is an emotional low with Jude defeated and exiled and stupid Nicasia gallivanting with Cardan in her absence. And if you take into account point 1 that the book is more interesting when Cardan and Jude are interacting then having them separated by so much just ruins the whole thing.. Ending a book on a low note like this tarnishes my impression of the entire book.
And the romance, ugh! Everyone is all swooney with the quotes on mugs and pillows and all over Instagram and now that I’ve read the context i am so wildly unimpressed. There’s no affection in it, no admiration or adoration. It’s all lust covering over deceptions and disdain. Which might be forgivable if they spent time in the story together scheming or building a begrudging, veiled respect, or any sort of growth in their relationship. But no, none of that. The only progress in their relationship is the depth of their lust and the convolution of their lies. That isn’t romance and it isn’t appealing.
I don’t like it, but I have the third book and I’m this far in so I’ll finish it. But I guess indulging in things you dislike is a theme for the series so it’s fitting.
Renee
Written on Jan 5, 2020
For me, it felt as if The Wicked King definitely contained some parts that were rushed (the ending) and not revised properly. Some choices seemed to be made purely in order to serve the plot.
If I remember correctly, there was a scene where Jude gets an arrow in her leg. The way she keeps going and fighting afterward, with the arrow still in her leg, felt so incredibly unbelievable to me that I put the book down for a week.
Also, in the end, I think she killed Balekin way too easily. It also felt out of character for Jude not to ask Cardan about exiling or hurting her if she took away her hold over him. She can't think of everything, but I honestly thought she would have normally thought about this.
whisperingchapters
Written on Dec 18, 2019
moraa
Written on Nov 22, 2019
Power is much easier to acquire than to hold on to
I loved this. Much of my love for faeries was inspired by S. J. Maas' works (back when I was younge and easily beguiled) and after they become laborious to read, I began searching for more.
Holly Black's trilogy is exactly what I was looking for. Lots of political intrigue but not too much to make the book snooze-worthy.
Lots of back-stabbing too. You can't get away with this shit in real life.
I can't wait to get the third book.
liz089
Written on Nov 19, 2019
Hope my edition of Queen of Nothing comes soon !!