The Cruel Prince
Holly Black, 2018
A mortal girl raised among faeries decides she will not be a pawn, in a court where every kindness has a price and every promise can be twisted.
Holly Black
Holly Black writes faerie courts where manners are weapons and bargains are traps, and her mortal heroines survive by being cleverer than everyone smiling at them. Start with The Cruel Prince, which sets up the rules of the game, then The Wicked King, where the scheming tightens and the cost of every promise gets clearer. Both books share a taste for sharp politics, uneasy alliances and the particular tension of wanting to trust someone you shouldn't.
Feels like longing, power and faith.
Start with The Cruel Prince.
Before The Cruel Prince, Holly Black co-created The Spiderwick Chronicles, a children's series about faeries and goblins, with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi.
The loneliness of getting exactly what you wanted.
I have lied and I have betrayed and I have triumphed. If only there was someone to congratulate me. Books by Holly Black
The Wicked King
Holly Black, 2019
A mortal spy keeps a wicked faerie king on a leash, and every courtier wants to cut it.
The Queen of Nothing
Holly Black, 2019
A mortal girl raised among faeries has learned to fight for every inch of power; the hardest battle is letting someone close.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
Holly Black, 2020
The boy with the heart of stone gets his own book: Cardan, before and beside the crown, and the stories that made him.
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