The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling The Cruel Prince, nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller The Wicked King, winner of the Best YA Fantasy category in the Goodreads Choice Awards
After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie.
When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, who she loves despite his betrayal. When a dark curse is unveiled, Jude must become the first mortal Queen of Faerie and break the curse, or risk upsetting the balance of the whole Faerie world.
Kind of a let down for a series finale? Nothing exciting happened. Nobody worked for anything. Jude and Cardan didn’t scam a single person? I’m disappointed.
I kept waiting for that twist to come. The one we saw in the other two books. But it never came. The things I loved about the first two books weren’t here. It felt like it was just a bunch of things thrown into a book to make the fans happy. There was enough happening to keep me reading but just barely.
