It was a massively hyped book, and I often find hyped books don’t live up to the buzz.It felt marketed as an enemies-to-lovers book wrapped up in the trending ‘cruel girls’ trope* – a combination of things that have never been my favourite.I put of buying this book – and reading it – for a while for two reasons. And if that power means being every bit as cruel and vicious as them, then it’s a sacrifice she’s already made. Jude wants power – the power to hurt them, the power to banish her fears. He despises Jude, he and his friends taking every opportunity to torment her. Most faeries look down on them – none more than Cardan, youngest son of the High King.
They’ve lived there ever since, treated as the murderer’s family. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions.Jude and her sisters saw their parents murdered before their eyes, and were spirited away to Faerie Land by their parents’ murderer. MediaType eBook shortDescription From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 1 images But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him-and face the consequences. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. They will live forever.Īnd Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
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