"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.
very conflicted about this book. yes, it's slow af to get going. you trudge through contrived teenage dramas looking for that sweet action payoff. it comes, but so swiftly and succinctly that you're left deeply unsatisfied. where was the REAL build-up to this? why did it only occur in the last TWENTY PAGES?????
yes, there are a lot of unexplained creatures/concepts that are utilized so naturally that you wonder if you're only confused because you've missed some prerequisite companion novel. you didn't; it's the book, not you.
the ending...jfc. the love triangle? the sister drama? the plan for the crown? give me a fkn break. what a joke. honestly could just end the series here because even after all that, i don't really care what happens next. but fk me, i already ordered the next book.
it's not bad, just boring. also...wow, a pure virgin MC? LOL.
