Beyond the Book

  Holly Black has proven herself to be a prolific writer of the genre of fantasy by giving her readers the most spectacularly exhilarating experience in the last book of The Folk of the Air series. The Queen of Nothing i.e., the power-hungry and fierce protagonist Jude, is under exile and suddenly stripped of the power she once dreamt of acquiring.  Jude Duarte after successfully navigating through the treacherous waters of the High Court of the Faerie has managed to halt the conflict between the land and the sea but finds herself in a position of no power unlike before. Under exile in the human world, she despises herself for being too trusting which results in her losing her position as seneschal in the High Court of King Cardan as well as her unrelenting control over him. While she bides her time afflicted with feelings of betrayal and anger, she finally finds an opportunity to sneak back into the magical world of the Faerie when her twin sister, Taryn, is faced with deep t...

  One might believe that after a book like The Cruel Prince that precedes The Wicked King, Holly Black may only be able to do so much in order to continue the plot. However, she manages to leave you baffled along with an exhilarating experience plagued with moments of double-crossing and the evil bargains of the Fae.  After nearly five months of overthrowing the tyrannical rule of Balekin, the elder sibling of Cardan, Jude Duarte finds herself in a new position of power which comes with numerous benefits coupled with an unmooring sense of danger. As she walks on eggshells in order to keep the Faerie Kingdom running, she realizes it is rather much more difficult and burdensome to hold onto power as compared to obtaining it in the first place. Plotting and scheming her way through the newly established High Court of the Wicked King, it seems rather impossible to feel a moment of rest as Jude must control and navigate through the constant riddlesome alliances of the Fae who despi...