The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Wicked King (Folk of the Air, #2)

by Holly Black

Second in the bestselling Folk of the Air trilogy. This novel and the sequel The Queen of Nothing - are the winners of/won the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy in 2019 and 2020.

An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Cruel Prince., nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019.

'Holly Black is the Faerie Queen' - Victoria Aveyard

I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear.

Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all . . .

Reviewed by Djilan on

5 of 5 stars

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So, I've got some very strong feelings about this book..

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.
Okay, I don't. I loved it, I STILL love it. What I do hate is the fact that we have to wait for almost a whole year to get to read the final bit. Normally I try to wait until a series is fully published before I start to read. Because of just this, not being able to read the end. The Big End..

So now> A feeling of silence, lost in thought.. Thinking about how I wanted to shout to Jude sometimes to do things differently. But I'm just on the sideline and her life, and that of Cardan, are already written out. Their fates decided, by their creator Holly Black. What will we find in the last book?? I have ideas and wishes, of course I have. You probably will as well after reading. But what will happen, we can only guess at.

It was an adventure already and a great one. So glad that I decided to start The Cruel Prince last week after it had spent a full year on my shelf. And reading The Lost Sisters and now The Wicked King. But at the same time sad, because now I have a lot of waiting to do.
Yes the waiting bit, the hating the waiting bit is quite the theme here. But that's just to show how much I love reading about The Folk of the Air, and Jude..

Maybe we could persuade [a:Holly Black|25422|Holly Black|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1261867163p2/25422.jpg] to release the book a bit earlier? ;)

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