"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.
I have a huge amount of love for books that have to do with the fae realm. Julie Kagawa is the one to thank for that she drew me in with her Fae series i never looked back. I am especially intrigued when it involves humans attempting to live among the fae. This book is all that and more. You have our human girl Jude with her siblings being raised by her fae farther who murdered her human parents and has taken them all to live in the fae realm.
Holly Black does an amazing job of describing all the wonderful parts of the realm and how the whole hierarchy of government works. Prince Cardan plays his part in this story masterfully well. The twists in this story are not all what you think they will be. It a great start to a series and i am eager for more.
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