The Cruel Prince- Holly Black

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It is quite safe to say that once you enter the world of fantasy novels, there really is no escaping it. Holly Black is certainly in the same category as Sarah J Maas if not her equal in terms of creating a world of Fey that delights the human mind and makes it more real than it could ever possibly be. 
Book one of The Folk of the Air series, the Cruel Prince is a story about three sisters, Vivienne the eldest, along with Jude and Taryn who are forced to enter the Court of Faeries when their parents are murdered in front of their own eyes. 
Despite undergoing the extreme harshness and impoliteness of the Fey, the 17-year-old Jude wants nothing more than being able to belong with the cruel Fey and learn their ways of life. She is power-hungry, cunning, and charming and wants a place for herself in the High Court of those very creatures who loathe humans, which is exactly what Jude is. 
However, with her struggle to find herself and her place within the Fey, she must tackle various obstacles, the biggest of them all being Prince Cardan who is hell-bent on making Jude's life difficult and unworthy. 
Holly Black adds just the right amount of surprise and suspense to the book which makes it difficult for the reader to put it down. Though some parts of the book are highly descriptive and could surely be written better, Black has proved how capable of a fantasy writer she is and just how menacing her characters can be. 

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