The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1)
Holly Black
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 455 ratings · 416 pages · Published: 02 Jan 2018
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.
Tagged as:
- fantasy 35
- fae 34
- royal hero 31
- enemies to lovers 31
- take-charge heroine 30
- cruel hero/bully 28
- young adult 25
- slow burn 25
- dangerous heroine 24
- magic 23
- vengeance 23
- love triangle 19
- non-human hero 19
- bad boys 18
- angst 17
- forbidden love 15
- suspense 15
- class difference 15
- independent heroine 15
- high fantasy 14
- competent heroine 14
- warrior heroine 14
- war 13
- grumpy/cold hero 12
- virgin heroine 12
- contemporary 11
- grumpy/ice queen 11
- urban fantasy 9
- other man/woman 9
- betrayal 9
- tortured hero 8
- political/court intrigue 8
- mystery 7
- m-f romance 7
- first person pov 7
- alpha male 6
- paranormal 5
- monsters 4
- dystopian 3
- dark romance 3
- found family 3
- himbo 1
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- content warnings
- abuse 22
- third party abuse 11
- substance abuse 9
- death / grief 8
- graphic violence 7
- torture of side characters 6
- self harm 5
- human trafficking 5
- torture of mcs 4
- alcoholism 3
- suicide / ideation 2
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The 'The Folk of the Air' series
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