Loved itI read the first two and I loved book one. That cliffhanger, insane.
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The Cruel Prince (2018)
Others: Mostly positive GUARD YOUR MORTAL HEART. JUDE WAS SEVEN WHEN HER PARENTS were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for tricker and bloodshed. But as betrayal 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. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the first book in a stunning new trilogy filled with twists and enchantment, as one girl learns the meaning of true power when she finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. This description comes from the publisher. The Cruel Prince is the first book of the Folk of the Air trilogy.
- ISBN:
- 9780316461252
- Length:
- 385 pages
Genres: fantasy, romance, young adult
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Loved itSo their relationship, it really is a slow burn across all three books in the trilogy, and I found it really unput downable.
MixedIt was really interesting at the start. I liked the direction of it and then it just kind of kept on going and I swear I was like 300 pages in and I was like wait what's the plot of this?
MixedI read The Cruel Prince, which was a choice that I made. Somehow I haven't read it in the last, you know, seven years that it has been just obsessed over by the people. This I gave a three a 3.5 apparently.
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Loved itPersonally, if someone asks me about a book series with Fay in them, I don't recommend Ankitar. I recommend The Cruel Prince. To me, The Cruel Prince is like young adult at its finest.
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Loved itI binged this series back when I think the third one came out cuz I read them all back-to-back and could not put them down. They're a ton of fun.
Not a fannothing in this world can convince me that this author wasn't just making the plot of this book up as she went along there was no planning involved everything is just so Random all of the law that she introduces has no real purpose this was a cruel reading experience let me tell you
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Loved italso the cruel Prince Trilogy that's kind of it's been expanded but I'm the first three books
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Mixedthe first two are actually super strong for me I was pretty let down by the final and concluding novel within this Trilogy
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Loved itthis is of course the folk of the air series by Holly back the first book is the cruel Prince ... the romance in the series in my opinion is one of my alltime favorites
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MixedI just thought this book was okay
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Loved iti think it's a solid book all around
MixedI don't think there's anything wrong with the story. I just think that I consider it lower in my mind because I don't enjoy it as much as everyone else does.
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Mixedit is good shape you know it is but it's not the best we all know that series has been kind of all over the place I love Cardon and Jude but the storyline itself is not that good
Loved itThis I really enjoy. So, elite. It's super fun for me.
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Mixedthe cruel prints the first book I would say is bad I did not like the first book
Mixedthe cruel prince it's nothing between good and okay there are definitely problems with it but it's so fun there are parts where it really drags but there are also parts where it's so much fun to read and it's so addictive I put it in good dear
Loved itmy favorite book in the trilogy has got to be the wicked King book - then probably the cruel prince
Loved itI read the entire cruel Prince trilogy this year and had so much fun with it this book made me feel like I was back in 2013 and finding all of these young adult series again
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Loved itI read this book back in February or March I believe at 2019 and I absolutely devoured this book because I just loved it so much it was so fast-paced the world everything the characters unlike the plot twists in here I was so obsessed
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Loved itI've also been listenting the audiobook of this novel and I do enjoy it I do need to finish it and I do plan on finishing it
Loved itI think it was worth the hype I read Holly black for the first time this year and I realized why so many people love her