

The Cruel Prince was a Junior Library Guild selection and has received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and the School Library Journal. It was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award, won a New England Independent Booksellers Association Award, and a Phantastik Preis Award for SF/F works published in Germany. The Cruel Prince was a finalist for the Lodestar Award, took second place in the Locus Awards, and won the Inky Award in 2019. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. They will live forever.Īnd Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire.

The first book follows the story of Jude, along with Taryn (her twin) and Vivi (Vivienne her.

Home » The Folk of the Air » The Cruel Prince The Cruel Prince is the first book in The Folk of Air book series.
