The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1)
Holly Black
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 983 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 50
- fae 50
- royal hero 44
- take-charge heroine 42
- enemies to lovers 42
- cruel hero/bully 42
- slow burn 39
- young adult 36
- magic 34
- vengeance 34
- dangerous heroine 33
- non-human hero 28
- love triangle 26
- bad boys 25
- class difference 25
- independent heroine 25
- competent heroine 25
- angst 23
- high fantasy 22
- warrior heroine 21
- political/court intrigue 21
- forbidden love 20
- grumpy/cold hero 20
- m-f romance 20
- suspense 19
- betrayal 19
- virgin heroine 18
- tortured hero 18
- war 17
- grumpy/ice queen 17
- contemporary 15
- urban fantasy 14
- other man/woman 13
- mystery 11
- alpha male 5
- found family 5
- paranormal 4
- monsters 4
- dystopian 3
- dark romance 3
- himbo 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 34
- third party abuse 20
- death / grief 19
- substance abuse 16
- graphic violence 15
- torture of side characters 11
- human trafficking 11
- torture of mcs 11
- self harm 9
- alcoholism 9
- suicide / ideation 8
- no hea 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 13
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The 'The Folk of the Air' series
4.15 · 2924 ratings
urban fantasy · dark · royalty · fae · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · young adult · fantasy · magic · high fantasy · vengeance · angst · first-person-pov · non-human-hero · from hate to love · betrayal · political-intrigue · competent heroine · paranormal
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