The Cruel Prince is a fantasy novel written by Holly Black. Jude is a mortal who is swept away to Faerieland with her two sisters by Madoc. Jude struggles to fit into the Faerie world, but unlike her twin sister Taryn, she doesn’t try to blend in. Despite being bullied by the king’s children, especially Prince Cardan, she strives to attain a spot in the High Court. When she least expects it, an opportunity is presented to her, one that will help reach her dream, but also risk the safety of her family and herself.
The Thea Sisters just finished their finals with perfect scores during the year's final semester. Thea gets a mystery letter from the I.I.S. asking for assistance with a covert mission. Nina, one of their agents, vanished while looking into Ireland. Thea sets off to look for her.
As soon as they learn that the Land of Erin is in peril, the Thea Sisters also decide to embark on the quest. They come across lake fairies, goblins, pixies, and other magical beings as they search for the cause. Some of them fool them while others aid them in their search for the King.
The Thea Sisters were this year's Christmas tree decorators as Christmas approached. They were summoned on a special mission by Will, Thea says as she enters the room. They discovered that an enchanted world was in peril as they entered the I.I.S.
Someone was responsible for the disappearance of the distinctive lotus blooms produced in the region. They needed to identify the perpetrator. They encounter the tengu, a dragon, ice pixies, kitsune, and many other magical creatures along the way, who lead them to the primary suspect in the disappearance.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black is a young adult fantasy fiction novel set in the world of the Fae. The story follows Jude Duarte, a human girl thrown into the world of Faerie after a tragic event as a child. She is accompanied by her twin sister Taryn and their older sister Vivi, who is part Fae. Jude and Taryn are ridiculed throughout the novel for their humanity, and Jude has a strong desire to prove her power and worth to the Faerie.
Jude watched as her parents were murdered at the young age of 7. She came to know of a land, one other than the typical mortal world, known as Faerie. In Faerie, bloodshed comes before family. Power comes before loyalty.
Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince features Jude Duarte, a girl who was stolen from the mortal world
alongside her twin and older sister, Taryn and Vivi, by a Redcap Fae named Madoc. Years later,
Jude and Taryn now attend school among the higher ranked fae, including Prince Cardan
Greenbriar, the cruel prince of Elfhame (get it?). He and his friends, Nicasia, Valerian, and
Locke, do whatever they can to make Jude and Taryn miserable for their human heritage. The
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black features Suren, a former Queen of the Court of Teeth of
Elfhame. After the events of The Folk of the Air series, Suren finds herself back in the mortal
world scavenging for food and secretly keeping an eye on her former foster family, longing to be
a part of them once more. She is constantly being hunted by a hag from her old court known as
Abriella has become a fae and survived what should have killed her - but at what cost?
The throne and the court is in ruins, her sister won’t speak to her, she’s bonded to someone she
can never trust again, and she has strange powers that she shouldn’t and that she can barely
control. Somehow, she and her band of misfits must travel to the Underworld and speak to the
legendary Queen Mab, who they hope will give them all the answers they seek. And at the
same time Abriella is trying to cope with her strange shadow self, who represents all that is evil
Abriella “Brie” Kincaid is a thief - though by necessity, of course. She steals from the
richest of the rich, counting on a cover of darkness to keep her hidden, but only to barely scrape
together enough money to meet her growing monthly payments to her aunt. It’s the only way
that she and her younger sister can survive in a world full of fae, self-interested nobles and
royalty. She only takes joy in seeing the mage’s apprentice next door: the handsome, kind
This book got me out of one of my worst reading slumps I’ve ever had. Filled with faeries, the
human world, ideas of patriarchy and power, and more, this book is more than anything I
could’ve asked for or even expected. An enemies to friends to maybe lovers, admiration from
afar, all of which are some of my favorite tropes personally. The two main characters, Jude, a
human living in the Faerie world, and Carden, the youngest son to the High King of Faerie.
They’re basically out to get each other throughout the whole book, but it’s deeper than simply
