Title: The Wicked King Pdf The Folk of the Air, Book 2
The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times best-selling novel The Cruel Prince.
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked King Cardan to her and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.
When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
Why do you do this to me, Holly Black?! Power is so much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.**REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**So.I have been waiting for this book to come out since right after the release of the first book, the Cruel Prince, which blew me away.I bought the book yesterday and finished it by midnight last night, though not because it is a short book. It is just *that* good. I couldn't put it down, and I found myself staying up way later than I should to finish it.First thing's first.Jude - conniving, murderous, Jude. I love her as a character, I love the angst she brings to the table. But most of all, I love that she is a female lead who manages to have a love interest that isn't the whole focus of the story.First and foremost, Jude is a schemer. Her romantic interests are second to her desire to succeed in her plotting, whatever the cost, which I think is great. Too often, the love interest takes over the whole story and the plot is lost; that isn't an issue in this story, and it is primarily because Jude is such a strong character with blinding focus, however detrimental this one-path mindset might be to her in the end. She is dynamic, and I feel that from the Cruel Prince to the Wicked King, she really grew as a character in many ways, while remaining the same morally grey Jude we knew and love from before.Cardan - THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS for me to describe my love for this character, who is all sorts of messed up and wicked in ways one couldn't even begin to explain. His character also grew exponentially in this book, and we learn a lot more about him as a person - including little glimpses into his past, snippets of hints that don't quite complete a puzzle so we are still left guessing at the very end, when he pulls the rug out from under the readers with a twist I'm sure nobody saw coming!Taryn - I wasn't very impressed with her in the Cruel Prince, especially after her betrayal of Jude with the foxy Locke, but boy has that changed. From Jude's perspective, Taryn has always been the agreeable sister, the one who did her best to blend in and not be noticed so as to avoid conflict. However, I've found that reading from Jude's perspective has led to a lot of surprises with the other characters, as Jude frequently misjudges her peers. Taryn is no exception, and we see another side to her in this book - one just as conniving, if not moreso than her twin. Paired with the tricky Locke, the two may prove to be a formidable power couple in the next book, and I have my suspicions about how far Taryn's involvement goes in regards to the more shocking revelations in this book. All this to say, you've impressed me, Taryn. What are you up to?!Locke - Well, there's definitely something going on here. He's sly, he's got his hand in a few different cookie jars, and from the Cruel Prince, we saw that he likes to create as much drama as he can possibly orchestrate. After some events in this book (looking at you, forest scene with Jude), I am almost certain that Locke is more involved than he seems to be from Jude's perspective. He's playing his own game, and perhaps one with his new bride Taryn....But I guess we will have to wait for book 3 to figure out just what it is.Anyways, I have so much more to say about this book but I can't seem to get the words out. My head is a M E S S, I am suffering from book hangover. I feel like I will be biting my nails for the next year as I eagerly await the next installment after a not-quite-but-almost cliff hanger of an ending.S.O.S., someone save me. The cruel prince has destroyed my soul.
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