When you're raised by the man who murdered your parents, what kind of person will you become?
Young Jude saw her parents murdered right in front of her eyes by a man who then whisks her and her two sisters off to be raised in the High Court of Faerie. For ten years, she struggles with reconciling the horrors of her past with the desire to belong in this beautiful, horrible new world. Tormented constantly by the High King's youngest son, Cardan, and his friends simply for being mortal, Jude is determined to find her place in all of this--even if it means becoming just like them.
Like Jude, I was immediately repulsed and enthralled with Holly Black's sumptuous faerie world. The Cruel Prince is told in a style that's reminiscent of old, dark fairytales but with a fresh twist that made me want to keep reading more. Equal parts dreamy and gritty, this story will suck you in, and perhaps, like Jude and Faerie, never let you go.
Young Jude saw her parents murdered right in front of her eyes by a man who then whisks her and her two sisters off to be raised in the High Court of Faerie. For ten years, she struggles with reconciling the horrors of her past with the desire to belong in this beautiful, horrible new world. Tormented constantly by the High King's youngest son, Cardan, and his friends simply for being mortal, Jude is determined to find her place in all of this--even if it means becoming just like them.
Like Jude, I was immediately repulsed and enthralled with Holly Black's sumptuous faerie world. The Cruel Prince is told in a style that's reminiscent of old, dark fairytales but with a fresh twist that made me want to keep reading more. Equal parts dreamy and gritty, this story will suck you in, and perhaps, like Jude and Faerie, never let you go.