Description
The Cruel Prince is a Young Adult fantasy novel by Holly Black and the first book in The Folk of the Air series. After her parents are murdered when she is seven, Jude is taken with her two sisters to the High Court of Faerie, where she grows up surrounded by immortal beings who regard humans with contempt. Ten years later, Jude desperately wants to earn a place in the treacherous faerie court, but Prince Cardan, the youngest and most cruel son of the High King, is determined to make her life difficult.
As Jude becomes caught up in the court’s intrigues, rivalries and deceptions, she discovers that surviving among the fae may require her to become as cunning and ruthless as they are. When betrayal threatens to plunge Faerie into violence, Jude must enter a dangerous alliance and risk everything to protect those she loves.
A strong choice for Young Adult readers who enjoy dark fantasy, faerie courts, political intrigue, dangerous alliances and morally complicated characters.
