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(The Folk of the Air #1)
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Bestseller New York Times, „Printul nemilos” deschide o noua serie fantasy „Fapturile Vazduhului” a celebrei autoare Holly Black.
„Fireste ca vreau sa fiu ca ei. Sunt frumosi ca niste sabii faurite intr-un foc divin. Vor trai vesnic. Iar Cardan e chiar mai frumos decat ceilalti. Pe el il urasc cel mai mult. il urasc atat de mult, incat uneori, cand ma uit la el, abia mai p ...more
„Fireste ca vreau sa fiu ca ei. Sunt frumosi ca niste sabii faurite intr-un foc divin. Vor trai vesnic. Iar Cardan e chiar mai frumos decat ceilalti. Pe el il urasc cel mai mult. il urasc atat de mult, incat uneori, cand ma uit la el, abia mai p ...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
March 2018
by Storia Books
(first published January 2nd 2018)
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May 31, 2016
Melanie
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Every Single One of You ♥
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“He looks like a faerie lover stepped out of a ballad, the kind where no good comes to the girl who runs away with him.”
If you guys ever want to see what my true heart’s desires are on paper, read this book. This book is a piece of heaven that was sent from above, this book is the perfection incarnate, this book is nothing short of magical, this book easily makes my top five books of all-time list, and this book is without a doubt the best book I’ve read in 2017. I’m not sure how I’m ...more

*clears throat*
Excuse me, uh. Who cares?
This is not a rhetorical question. I truly want to know. I read this whole ass book and I am still at a complete loss for something, anything, to care about. Not a plot point, not a character trait, not a single line of quirky banter I could get myself emotionally invested in.
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This is a book about fairies and it was a trial for me to get through. Me, a person who loves fairies so much she spent her entire third grade ...more
Excuse me, uh. Who cares?
This is not a rhetorical question. I truly want to know. I read this whole ass book and I am still at a complete loss for something, anything, to care about. Not a plot point, not a character trait, not a single line of quirky banter I could get myself emotionally invested in.
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This is a book about fairies and it was a trial for me to get through. Me, a person who loves fairies so much she spent her entire third grade ...more

Jan 15, 2016
Emily May
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Recommended to Emily May by:
Tatiana
No matter how careful I am, eventually I'll make another misstep. I am weak. I am fragile. I am mortal.
I hate that most of all.
4 1/2 stars. Over the course of this year, I've read both books that I've liked and books I've disliked. I've read books that I've loved and, it's fair to say, books that are better written, more unique, and more groundbreaking than this book. That being said, however, I am struggling to recall a book that has left me this excited about a YA series in a very long tim ...more

Mar 22, 2018
Miranda Reads
rated it
really liked it
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New week, New BookTube Video - all about the best (and worst) literary couples
Jude (and her twin, Taryn) are human but their older sister (Vivi) belonged to another world.![]()
If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.
Their mother fled when she was pregnant with Vivi and escaped to the human world. Their mother gave birth to the half-fairy Vivi, married and soon had Jude & Taryn.
But their little family could not stay hidden.
Madoc (her mother' ...more

So, where to begin.
Hype as we know it, is quite futile. The buzz it ignites is amazing. They create this excitement within you that has your mind wandering to all of the possibilities and direction the book can go in.
Because of the hype, I assumed I would enjoy this book. I'm quite an easy-to-please reader, so usually when a book is hyped up, I tend to enjoy it. Or even if I don't, I will feel indifferent. But this book brought about a rage within me; I hated it with every fibre of my being.
Y ...more
Hype as we know it, is quite futile. The buzz it ignites is amazing. They create this excitement within you that has your mind wandering to all of the possibilities and direction the book can go in.
Because of the hype, I assumed I would enjoy this book. I'm quite an easy-to-please reader, so usually when a book is hyped up, I tend to enjoy it. Or even if I don't, I will feel indifferent. But this book brought about a rage within me; I hated it with every fibre of my being.
Y ...more

I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them.Wow, what a start to the trilogy! I'm not sure what I expected going into The Cruel Prince, but it certainly wasn't this much fun or this much nastiness.
Jude was only seven years old when her parents were brutally murdered in front of her eyes. The man who killed them took her and her sisters to the High Court of Faerie, to be brought up as one of them. Yet, in the ten years since, Jude has never felt like she belonged. As a ...more

Absolutely loved this read!! A wondrous fantasy novel that is easy to get invested in. So many great plot twists and high-intensity, suspenseful moments!
TW: murder, physical abuse, sexual abuse, suicide
Holly Black is truly the queen of creating exquisite worlds. Her interpretation of faeries is always so fascinating and glorious. It’s hard to fully capture what it is about her world-building that is so magical, but her books are always my favorite when it comes to faeries. I believe a part of it ...more
TW: murder, physical abuse, sexual abuse, suicide
Holly Black is truly the queen of creating exquisite worlds. Her interpretation of faeries is always so fascinating and glorious. It’s hard to fully capture what it is about her world-building that is so magical, but her books are always my favorite when it comes to faeries. I believe a part of it ...more

WHAT IS THIS BEAUTY. Someone please revive me because I am dead from the awesomeness of this book.
If you want to read a masterpiece of character and story, look no further. The Cruel Prince showcases Holly Black at the top of her game: it is exquisitely dark and delightfully wicked, set in an intricate world of highlighted sensation--the taste of faerie fruit, the feel of rich, decaying fabrics, the smells of dangerous old chambers--and populated by a cast of characters that left me dying from f ...more
If you want to read a masterpiece of character and story, look no further. The Cruel Prince showcases Holly Black at the top of her game: it is exquisitely dark and delightfully wicked, set in an intricate world of highlighted sensation--the taste of faerie fruit, the feel of rich, decaying fabrics, the smells of dangerous old chambers--and populated by a cast of characters that left me dying from f ...more

Aug 30, 2017
❄️BooksofRadiance❄️
rated it
did not like it
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review of another edition
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384 pages. ZERO SUBSTANCE.
Unless you call pages littered with problematic shit... substance.
I don’t get it. I just don’t fucking get it.
✨ Before: This book is my 1st experience with Holly Black. It’ll either make or break our future relationship.
✨ After: Any plans for a potential future relationship is hereby terminated. Over. Done with. Null and void. Cancelled... you get the point.
when you go into a book expecting gold and it ends up being your worst read of the year. In January…
Oh, the ra ...more
Unless you call pages littered with problematic shit... substance.
I don’t get it. I just don’t fucking get it.
✨ Before: This book is my 1st experience with Holly Black. It’ll either make or break our future relationship.
✨ After: Any plans for a potential future relationship is hereby terminated. Over. Done with. Null and void. Cancelled... you get the point.
when you go into a book expecting gold and it ends up being your worst read of the year. In January…
Oh, the ra ...more

I liked this a lot! I completely get why so many people didn't enjoy this and there are plenty of things certain characters do that are inexcusable. There were just so many other things about the book that I enjoyed! The plot itself was a wild time. One of the later chapters had me staring at a wall in a state of disbelief in regards to what had happened. The world was such an interesting one to explore! I've got more to say on this, but my mind is just asdfghjkl; after reading it so that's all
...more

Jun 05, 2018
Emily (Books with Emily Fox)
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
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Sorry folks, I don't get it.
2.5? Maybe...
Unmemorable. Another YA fantasy with fairies and humans, clichés and cringe romance similar to all the other fantasy/dystopian books that have been coming out. I don't understand the hype because there was nothing I found good in here. There wasn't anything horrible either which leaves me with a "meh" review.
Won't continue the series. Don't recommend it. ...more
2.5? Maybe...
Unmemorable. Another YA fantasy with fairies and humans, clichés and cringe romance similar to all the other fantasy/dystopian books that have been coming out. I don't understand the hype because there was nothing I found good in here. There wasn't anything horrible either which leaves me with a "meh" review.
Won't continue the series. Don't recommend it. ...more

you: I want Jude and Cardan to be in a romantic relationship
me, an intellectual: I want Jude and Cardan to remain supreme enemies who occasionally make out and always make sure the other stays alive for no reason other than an unspoken understanding that life without the other would be a complete and utter bore
me, an intellectual: I want Jude and Cardan to remain supreme enemies who occasionally make out and always make sure the other stays alive for no reason other than an unspoken understanding that life without the other would be a complete and utter bore

Please enjoy the following visual presentation of my reactions whilst reading The Cruel Prince:
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This was NOTHING at all like what I expected it to be. I am actually shocked by how much I enjoyed this. If I'm being honest, I didn't think I would.
I had previously read, The Darkest Part of the Forest by Black, and it was just okay for me. There was nothing wrong with it, but I didn't find it particularly memorable either.

Going into this one, I was expecting angsty romance, whiny ...more
((cue the Muzak)):






This was NOTHING at all like what I expected it to be. I am actually shocked by how much I enjoyed this. If I'm being honest, I didn't think I would.
I had previously read, The Darkest Part of the Forest by Black, and it was just okay for me. There was nothing wrong with it, but I didn't find it particularly memorable either.

Going into this one, I was expecting angsty romance, whiny ...more

4.5/5 ⭐
Full review on my Blog: The Dacian She-Wolf 🐺
“(…) cheekbones sharp enough to cut out a girl’s heart.”
I love me a cruel and tipsy Faerie prince and that’s Cardan and only Cardan.
I mean everything I said in the previous sentence. Every. Word. Is. True.
Cardan was the best thing happening to this book and if you deny this that that’s strictly your problem. He’s a charmer.
*
I don’t read hyper-hyped books in general. But when I do, I read them aeons after they’re out so the hype has worn out ...more
Full review on my Blog: The Dacian She-Wolf 🐺
“(…) cheekbones sharp enough to cut out a girl’s heart.”
I love me a cruel and tipsy Faerie prince and that’s Cardan and only Cardan.
I mean everything I said in the previous sentence. Every. Word. Is. True.
Cardan was the best thing happening to this book and if you deny this that that’s strictly your problem. He’s a charmer.
*
I don’t read hyper-hyped books in general. But when I do, I read them aeons after they’re out so the hype has worn out ...more

"If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse."
I see why people call Holly Black 'Queen of the Faeries'. Hoooly wow. What a delightfully dark, twisty novel.
If you know anything about me, I'm all about the court politics & intrigue, villains & anti-heroes, and schemes within plots within schemes. This book had my name written ALL over it.
Okay so here's the basic rundown without giving away too much. Jude and Taryn are twins. Vivi is their older sister. It turns out, V ...more

Read 2 | January 2019
because one must prepare for an eternity of internal screaming, I reread this before The Wicked King and just let me say: aaaaaaaaaaaa wHY IS IT SO GOOD THOUGH. It is vicious and merciless and gorgeous and bloody and ajdfkslad I don't know what this says about me, but this is my favourite type of book. I really didn't ship Cardan/Jude the first time but I do now. Look at these two completely dysfunctional slytherin darlings go.
*:·゚✧*:·゚✧
Read 1 | January 2018
I CAN'T GET OVER ...more
because one must prepare for an eternity of internal screaming, I reread this before The Wicked King and just let me say: aaaaaaaaaaaa wHY IS IT SO GOOD THOUGH. It is vicious and merciless and gorgeous and bloody and ajdfkslad I don't know what this says about me, but this is my favourite type of book. I really didn't ship Cardan/Jude the first time but I do now. Look at these two completely dysfunctional slytherin darlings go.
*:·゚✧*:·゚✧
Read 1 | January 2018
I CAN'T GET OVER ...more

Jan 03, 2018
Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition

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My first order of action: I'm starting an "I hate Taryn" club. If you want to join, just comment below and you'll receive instant membership status. It is the hate that binds us.
Edit: I made a badge with MS Paint. >:D

What would happen if you combined Hana Yori Dango with Game of Thrones? This book.
I'm kind of surprised at how much I enjoyed THE CRUEL PRINCE. It was receiving a lot of hype, and normally that turns me off, because so much ...more

...I have no idea how this review got deleted, but here is a reupload from my blog!
God, this book killed me. The Cruel Prince has just about what you’d expect from Black: court intrigue, an atmosphere of terror, vaguely dark romance, and a main character who is a terrible person, but is also so interesting. Plus some interesting dynamics and setup for an even better sequel. Needless to say, I found it delightful.
I think Black’ ...more
If I cannot be better than them, I will be so much worse.
God, this book killed me. The Cruel Prince has just about what you’d expect from Black: court intrigue, an atmosphere of terror, vaguely dark romance, and a main character who is a terrible person, but is also so interesting. Plus some interesting dynamics and setup for an even better sequel. Needless to say, I found it delightful.
I think Black’ ...more

Jun 04, 2020
Maryam Rz.
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
seekers of dark fairytales
Once upon a time, a wicked girl with a cold, cold heart traipsed through a forest so light and stark. Trees of clean bark. Branches dangling with folk art. And it was thus she came upon a hole so, so dark.
Our restless little devil looked through the hole and glimpsed trees of bark covered in blood, branches twisted and falling with a thud, screams coming out of the mud that had seen much brutal flood.
So the girl backed up, and ran, and jumped.
I fell into the Holly Black hole for fun so dark.
And ...more
Our restless little devil looked through the hole and glimpsed trees of bark covered in blood, branches twisted and falling with a thud, screams coming out of the mud that had seen much brutal flood.
So the girl backed up, and ran, and jumped.
I fell into the Holly Black hole for fun so dark.
And ...more

Well, despite marking this as "currently reading" (I put books there that I plan to read within the next week or two) I finally cracked this bad boy open today...and finished it in one three-hour siting.
So, if that's not an indication of something being a seriously above average read, I don't know what is.

Jude was a really edgy, imperfect, relatable character and I really liked her.
So often, I want characters to do something - maybe say something or do something I want them to do in a specific ...more
So, if that's not an indication of something being a seriously above average read, I don't know what is.

Jude was a really edgy, imperfect, relatable character and I really liked her.
So often, I want characters to do something - maybe say something or do something I want them to do in a specific ...more

Oct 17, 2020
Sofia
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes fantasy
Recommended to Sofia by:
Everyone
Cardan Greenbriar holds my heart in his hands, and he looks rather smug about it, the absolutely perfect insufferable jerk.
This is one of those books where the faerie are actually scary. Yes, they're pretty immature, but they're cruel, terrible people who play with mortals for fun. These are not your Sarah J. Maas fae. They can't control the wind or change shapes -- but they can force humans to do their will, which is almost worse. Unless you wrap a string of rowan berries around your neck or tu ...more
This is one of those books where the faerie are actually scary. Yes, they're pretty immature, but they're cruel, terrible people who play with mortals for fun. These are not your Sarah J. Maas fae. They can't control the wind or change shapes -- but they can force humans to do their will, which is almost worse. Unless you wrap a string of rowan berries around your neck or tu ...more

UPDATE: $2.99 Kindle US 10/14/20
3 stars this time. Reread 2020
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I love Jude! She's my new bad to the bone girl! She gets dragged away with her two sisters to Faerie by the man that killed her parents. Lives in Faerie most of her life. I ...more
3 stars this time. Reread 2020
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FAIRYLOOT STUFF
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OWLCRATE STUFF
Holy sh*t balls! I love it =)
I love Jude! She's my new bad to the bone girl! She gets dragged away with her two sisters to Faerie by the man that killed her parents. Lives in Faerie most of her life. I ...more

Aug 05, 2019
Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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”Faeries make up for their inability to lie with a panoply of deceptions and cruelties. Twisted words, pranks, omissions, riddles, scandals, not to mention their revenges upon one another for ancient, half-remembered slights. Storms are less fickle than they are, seas less capricious.”
And this is exactly why I LOVED this book! I dunno about you but I love my faeries wicked, cunning and cruel and unfortunately not a lot of authors are able to pull that off. Many faerie books are pretty soft a ...more
And this is exactly why I LOVED this book! I dunno about you but I love my faeries wicked, cunning and cruel and unfortunately not a lot of authors are able to pull that off. Many faerie books are pretty soft a ...more

some books are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
this book is all of the above. my mind simply cannot comprehend what i just read because its greatness transcends human understanding. what a blessed world we live in where this kind of greatness exists for us mere mortals.
i cant even fathom what sort of perfection ‘the wicked king’ will be. the last half of this book is one of the best build-ups to a sequel i have ever read. like, are you kidding me!? ...more
this book is all of the above. my mind simply cannot comprehend what i just read because its greatness transcends human understanding. what a blessed world we live in where this kind of greatness exists for us mere mortals.
i cant even fathom what sort of perfection ‘the wicked king’ will be. the last half of this book is one of the best build-ups to a sequel i have ever read. like, are you kidding me!? ...more

me reading the folk of the air trilogy in a day *spoilers*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLg5D...
hi i'm chandler and this is my favorite book of all time
no for real, this book has EVERYTHING. but first off i just want to say that y'all have been SLEEPING on holly black. she is incredible and i genuinely love every single one of her books that i have read. so i guess it's not surprising that i loved this one. what did i love you may ask?
- the writing... HELLO! YES! how can a book that is short ...more
hi i'm chandler and this is my favorite book of all time
no for real, this book has EVERYTHING. but first off i just want to say that y'all have been SLEEPING on holly black. she is incredible and i genuinely love every single one of her books that i have read. so i guess it's not surprising that i loved this one. what did i love you may ask?
- the writing... HELLO! YES! how can a book that is short ...more

Dec 08, 2020
Era ➴
rated it
really liked it
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Actual footage of Cardan:
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Actual footage of Cardan:


I know you missed my star auctions… Here comes the new one! Let’s start with five billion! Did I hear five centillion! Are you out of your mind? I don’t think there are centillion stars on the universe! Well, red head lady slaps the bidder and gave this book FIVE CENTILLION STARS anyways! SOLD with an all exclusive trip to fae world ( limitless Chardonnay and tequila shots included)
Awwwwwwww I’m in love with this book! This is definitely a Tarantino story taken place at the Fae World and we have ...more
Awwwwwwww I’m in love with this book! This is definitely a Tarantino story taken place at the Fae World and we have ...more

“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks. Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.”

PERFECT. This book is PERFECT. So…BUCKLE UP! ‘CAUSE YOU’RE IN FOR A WILD RIDE!

Holly Black, you are going to be the DEATH of me! I loved the Spiderwick Chronicles as a child (so cute!), mildly enjoyed the Modern Faerie Tale series (kinda cringey, not gonna lie :-/), appreciated The Darkest Part of the Forest (so much faery tale-esque w ...more

PERFECT. This book is PERFECT. So…BUCKLE UP! ‘CAUSE YOU’RE IN FOR A WILD RIDE!

Holly Black, you are going to be the DEATH of me! I loved the Spiderwick Chronicles as a child (so cute!), mildly enjoyed the Modern Faerie Tale series (kinda cringey, not gonna lie :-/), appreciated The Darkest Part of the Forest (so much faery tale-esque w ...more
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Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into 32 languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house
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