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 . . .

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Star Rating: 5 Stars (begrudgingly given atm, but 5 freakin stars none-the-less)

DAMN YOU, HOLLY BLACK! You completed and then shattered my world all at once! My heart hurts.
And THIS is why I hate reading books as they are released vs after a trilogy/duology/specific set of storylines is completed. Bc WHYYYY must I wait so long for the next novel?!Why, I mean, seriously why is that which I’ve waited what feels like forever for, over already? Why must we be tortured with such a cliffhanger? Why SO MANY cliffhangers ? Why why, why, why whyyyy ?

I think Black means for our (at least IMO) brains to explode with the multitude of possibilities and thoughts of the possible outcomes here... literally NO closure ATALL. SAVAGE

To add to the whys- WHY must there be so many GD betrayals?!? Why must you lull my wary heart into safety and then stab it with the sharpest of knives... on a loop, The Wicked King?

WHO CAN I TRUST ANYMORE?!?

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