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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)

Holly Black

Start date: September 1, 2020

Finish date: September 30, 2020

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Dec 22, 2020 rania rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars

"If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse."

I don't know how to even start expressing my feelings for this book. For starters, this surpassed all my expectations. Faerie is an awesome place. The people...not so much.

Speaking of which, let's talk about the characters.

Jude

I LOVED HER SO MUCH. She is one of those badass, confident MCs I love reading about. Jude is a character so many people can relate too, and to portray her personality so beautifully is just...it touches my hear ...more

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May 08, 2021 Sara L. rated it really liked it

"Sharpen your heart"

Plot
Jude is a 17-year-old who has witnessed her parents die right in front of her. She and her sisters, Vivian and Taryn, are forced to leave their home and go to the kingdom of Elfhame with the stranger who killed their parents and claims to have been their mother's husband. So they find themselves in a society that despises mortals. And the youngest Prince, Cardan, is determined to make the sister's lives a living hell. You know what... I'm going to stop there! Go READ ...more

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May 23, 2021 Anna Kate (Taylors Version) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2022, young-adult, favorites, beautiful-covers, rereads

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. ❝Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.❞ -Jude

I was so excited to read this, i had a very high expectations for this and it exceeded my expectations!! this was Amazing. i'm quoting Leigh bardugo when I say this , its a lush, dangerous, dark jewel of a book.

Characters: these characters are amazing!!

Jude: I love Jude she is so badass! she's amazing, madoc said she wasn't a killer, he was very wrong, she's very much a killer. she's a mortal who lives in Faerie, so life's tou ...more

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Dec 28, 2020 clara [inactive account] rated it really liked it

Shelves: love-dat-cover, you-read-this-for-what, romantic-mess, lowkey-shook, sad-boi-hrs, magic-is-real, foggy-thoughts, hello-darkness-my-old-friend, amongst-the-fae

status: shocked as heck that i liked this book

i was kind of scared to read this, tbh, because the hype is insane and i had a feeling i was going to hate it and scar the bookish world fOrEvEr!

but... *drumroll* i liked it. and im lowkey shook.

not that i loved it, of course. i find jude kind of annoying (sorry, bookish world) and at first i didn't like the whole jude/cardan equation, though it's growing on me.

but anyways. for a book with a lot of positive hype, which usually scares me off, i liked ...more

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Apr 13, 2021 Ali🌀 rated it really liked it

A fun read but it was a bit slow in the beginning

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Oct 14, 2020 :) rated it really liked it

this book has so much hype and i was so excited to start reading it. jude was an amazing protagonist and i loved cardan so much. however i do wish their relationship was a little more developed. the plot and characters were great but i wasn’t that big of a fan the actual world.

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Jan 13, 2021 jem rated it really liked it

Shelves: reread, three-star, young-adult

3.5
I really did end up enjoying this reread of the cruel Prince, but if there's one thing I didn't like about it it's the fact that this book is mainly advertised as a enemies to lovers fantasy book, and sometimes I just don't think that's accurate because it does contain a lot of more "political"(idk how else to word it) View and how Jude tries to climb the ranks of power/ ...more

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Apr 25, 2021 Caitlan 🌺 rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021, fantasy, faeries-and-elves

SPOILERS
Loved Jude and to an extent Cardan was interesting but they were just a little... I don’t know? Simple maybe?

There were parts I loved. I enjoyed Jude at points and at other points I just wanted to shake her.

Interesting world, interesting premise but a lacked delivery. I did enjoy the writing style a lot so I am keen to read more of her work.

The argument regarding abuse as a plot point and point of character development has been brought up by numerous reviews and I agree it’s a huge r ...more

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Nov 04, 2020 BookZealot rated it it was amazing

♦️Cruel Prince by Holly Black is a YA high fantasy novel filled with loads of drama, romance and politics.
♦️Enemies to Lovers
♦️It has a cunningly smart, wicked and strong heroine.
♦️The hero as the title suggests is cruel alright or at least that’s what we think but he has many layers that unravel throughout this series.
♦️Goodreads rating: 4.12/5
♦️Pages: 370
♦️And for all you binge readers this is part one of a series and it’s a trilogy. Lucky for you all three books are released.

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