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The Cruel Prince

by Holly Black

🌶️fade to black·spoiler·The Folk of the Air #1

Why Read This?

You'll be utterly consumed by the ruthless political schemes and the deliciously toxic, slow-burn tension between two morally gray masterminds.

Synopsis

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. 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 trickery 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.

At a Glance

4.01 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️fade to black
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

adventure romancebully romancerivals competing

Mood

darkintensemysteriousbroodingangsty

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.01 ★

Page Count

370 pages

Published

2018

Primary Genre

Ya Fantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Caitlin Kelly

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: morally gray sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

N/A

emotional abusekidnappingmurdertorturetraumaviolencebloodbullyingcaptivity

World & Setting

fae realm / faerie courts sign in to unlock

Reading Context

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