
The Cruel Prince
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Paperback · December 4, 2018
By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, accessible dark fantasy for quick daily reading.
- Themes
- faerie intrigue, power and survival, forbidden romance
- Pacing
- Fast
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By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. 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.
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Jude was seven years old 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. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war 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.
Dark, Quick-Fire
A sharp, accessible dark fantasy for quick daily reading.
Come here for
- dark fairy-tale atmosphere
- romance with bite
Expect
- lean chapters
- easy entry into a moody YA world
Where it sits
| YA Fantasy Romance | 62% |
|---|---|
| Royalty Stories for Teens | 29% |
| Dark YA Fantasy | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- Dark YA Fantasy
- Royalty Stories for Teens
- Authors
- Holly Black
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- December 4, 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- faerie intrigue · power and survival · forbidden romance
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure