I finished the Cruel Prince trilogy and I am sad about it because it was so good! Queen of Nothing by Holly Black was a great conclusion to the trilogy and I am really glad I ended up reading these books.
Synopsis: Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.
Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.
Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.
And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity…
I really enjoyed this series overall! I do think that the first 2 books were the best but this last book was still a great book. It kept up with the political intrigue and kept you on your toes wondering what was going to happen in the world of Elfhame.
It just felt a little bit rushed. I think that if the book was a little longer and there was more time to flesh out the ending, it would have been a full 5 stars from me. The direction it went in at the end was a little odd and didn’t really seem to go with the theme of the book but I still enjoyed seeing it play out the way it did.
I’m sad that I have finished the trilogy because I wasn’t ready to leave the magical world of Elfhame yet. It was beautifully written and there were definitely some characters in there that I would have loved to know a lot more about.
One of the characters that I really liked from the other books kind of had a redemption arc in this one and I was so happy about that.
I would recommend this series to anyone that wants to jump into a devious world of Fae and follow along with a strong character who will stop at nothin to protect those she loves!
Books Rating: 4/5
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Disclaimer: I read this book because I wanted to. I was in no way compensated for my review.
An author and friend of mine recently released another book that you should check out. It is called The Little Breadwinner: War and Survival in the Salvadoran Heartland by Lucia Mann.
Synopsis: FROM 1980 TO 1992, A TURBULENT CIVIL WAR ravaged the Central American state of El Salvador, claiming the lives of approximately 75,000 Salvadorans. The Little Breadwinner is a story of tyrannized, frightened families—mostly poor peasants, indigenous peoples, and child farm workers—whose lives signified nothing to the military death squads.
Lucia Mann, who was in El Salvador at the time, recalls this vivid historical portrait of human rights violations during and after the “dirty” war between the military-led government and left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. This brutal conflict was backed politically, economically, and militarily by the United States with CIA involvement.
Throughout these pages, you will experience intense trials of courageous survival with unforgettable characters who yearn for peace, justice, and normalcy. One of the brave women you will meet is Estella Godwin Lozano (a Waorani tribe descendant of the Amazon rain forest), who suffered terribly before her brutal demise in Laredo, Texas in 2019. She was a “little person” who became traumatically affected by the abuse perpetrated by National Guard soldiers outside her pueblo home. She heroically joined the Sandinistas (Cuban-backed guerillas) to seek revenge upon the villains of her country.
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Ooo great review!! I love how you talk about Cardan (I mean YES) – I think it’s my favourite Fantasy at the moment. It’s so addictive! I didn’t want the world to end after this book, so I recently bought the cardan novella. I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but I’d definitely recommend! Here’s my review of how the king learned to hate stories 🙂 https://hundredsandthousandsofbooks.blog/2020/12/06/how-the-king-of-elfhame-learned-to-hate-stories-review-and-my-fav-art/
I have heard of it but haven’t picked it up yet. I want to though so I can dive back in to Elfhame 😉