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The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · 2023
4.0 of 5 · 173 ratings
Open Library 4.0 (173)
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Book details
- Author
- Holly Black
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9780316461252
- Categories
- Fantasy
About this book
**GUARD YOUR MORTAL HEART.**
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 tricker 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.
From #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Holly Black comes the first book in a stunning new trilogy filled with twists and enchantment, as one girl learns the meaning of true power when she finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
This description comes from the publisher. *The Cruel Prince* is the first book of the Folk of the Air trilogy.
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