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Back with a vengeance, Holly Black's amazing YA Fantasy "The Cruel Prince" has gotten a sequel, full of lies, secrets, twists and betrayals. Holly Black is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine, her prose are absolutely amazing and her characters are incredibly unique. Usually with YA/Teen Fantasy the main character is an all good, do it by the book, perfect moral compass and can do no wrong, where with this series, it's the exact opposite. No character is entirely good or evil, nothing is black and white. Everyone betrays everyone, and even Jude Duarte, our cunning heroine, lies and cheats and manipulates in order to get her way. This story takes place five months into Cardan's reign as king, and unbeknownst to everyone else in the realm, is controlled by Jude. Both are figuring out quickly how the court runs, and sooner than later, realizes that its more difficult to stay in power than to attain it. Tensions with the undersea folk rise like the tide, and war may be on the horizon. Secrets and conspiracies also escalate within the court, and someone close to Jude has betrayed them all, but who could it be? Also, what exactly are Cardan's feelings towards Jude? Their relationship continues to become more complicated, and Jude begins to question everything? Does she also have feelings for him? Does he actually have feelings for her, or are they more malicious and calculated than she thinks? So many twists, so much tension, its turning out to be such an amazing series, highly recommend!
HPB Staff ReviewAHHHHH. OH MY GOODNESS THIS BOOK. WAS. EVERYTHING. This is by far my favorite book of the series... even though I was screaming at it the entire time (and as you can see I'm still not done screaming). The plot twists, betrayals, and lies in this book were through the roof and had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. This book stirred up so many emotions from pure joy to utter and complete shock. I had the ending spoiled for me, but even though I knew it would happen (no matter how hard I tried to convince myself that it was a fake spoiler) the ending was still SO unbelievable. and since I haven't mentioned it here yet: JUDE + CARDAN SUPREMACY 🤩🤩 #SpringPicks
This book is the best in the series! I love this book. Would recommend to people. #SummerReading