The Queen of Nothing
2019 • 320 pages
Ratings179
Average rating4.1
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Ratings179
Average rating4.1
A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author. He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne 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 twin sister, Taryn, whose 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 . . .
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3 primary books5 released booksThe Folk of the Air is a 5-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Holly Black and Anne Brauner.
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This series kept it weird and twisty up until the end. A very satisfying conclusion to a style of story I don't usually like but a series I greatly enjoyed.
I honestly should be jailed for the fact that I ignored the hype and didn't read this series earlier
(4.5, rounded down)
the only reason this dosent get 5 stars is bc cardan is gone for too much of the book
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I won't go into specific plot points in this book, but I will talk about what I liked and disliked briefly.
I really enjoyed Cardan and Jude's relationship for the most part. It was complicated, there were issues and it just really worked for me. The whole faerie world and its lore also was really enjoyable. I haven't read a series about fae before and I loved the setting a lot, especially the cruelty the fae loved to inflict on others. I also enjoyed how many different aspects there were to the plot, and how you could easily forget about one aspect only to be surprised with it later on.
Otherwise, I felt like this book should have been double its length. A lot of essential plot points happened off screen, or in the time between books two and three. This made the experience a lot less immersive and feel a bit cheap.
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