The Cruel Prince | 
so-soJust not the right book for me. My mind couldn‘t connect the human world and the fairy world. Not that I necessarily had to but I wanted to. I just couldn‘t get into this book. I couldn‘t like any of the characters. I‘m VERY impartial about this book.
pickApril was a good reading month (1 bingo! Yay!), and I seem to have kept up pretty well on #aam, #roll100, and #bookspin/#doublespin! Favorite challenge read was, surprisingly enough, the tagged YA politics and fantasy set in a faerie realm. I didn‘t love the formulaic YA-ness of it all, but the resolutions and reveals in the last half were slightly unexpected and therefore interesting. I would read the next in the series, and I didn‘t expect that!
pickI read this book two weeks ago. Then I read it again, and again, and again. I can‘t express the amount this book has changed my life. The worldbuilding was alluring and dark, and the fantasy elements were so engaging. The book as a whole was just heavenly and gave off an otherworldly yet realistic energy I‘ve never found while reading before. I loved how romance is a subplot and not a main focus. This book reached all my expectations and more.
“I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so well that I could behave as though I didn‘t have one at all. Even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten, and scabrous thing. But it is yours.”
“But kissing Locke never felt the way that kissing Cardan does, like taking a dare to run over knives, like an adrenaline strike of lightning, like the moment when you've swum too far out in the sea and there is no going back, only cold black water closing over your head.”
Love love LOVE these quotes.
“Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.”
“Because you‘re like a story that hasn‘t happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding of the tale.”
“There‘s always something left to lose.”
“That‘s what comes of hungering for something; you forget to check if it‘s rotten before you gobble it down.”
“Nice things don‘t happen in storybooks. Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.”
Two Jude quotes that I feel really show her character development from a timid mortal girl into a mortal hungry for revenge.
“What could I become if I stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything? If I stopped trying to belong? Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
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I honestly don‘t remember why I put off reading this series for so long, but I definitely regret it. I enjoyed the characters (especially Jude who is a badass),the storyline, and the multiple plot twists. I can‘t wait to see how this story continues!
pickI read this whole series in one day so it definitely was interesting! A little more slow burn than I expected. I definitely would‘ve liked it better when I was younger but I still quite liked the series and dynamic between Jude and Cardan!
pickWow 😍 this was my first proper fantasy faerie read as part of my exploring new genres and this just completely blew me away . A quick read amd a new favourite onto book 2 🥰 5 stars for sure
1. Sarah Maas or Holly Black. 2. My warm bed or in an isolated corner of the library. 3. Not yet, but one of these days….
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pickI finished this book last night and it was so good! It‘s been a while since I felt like I had to stay up all night to read so I can find out what happens next but this book did that for me! 5 star read! #thecruelprince #hollyblack #5starread
❤ LOOVVINNGGG these covers! 💗💗🥰💗💗
picknot usually my sort of thing but i thought i‘d give it a try and i was pleasantly surprised and ended up really loving it!
So I bought this when we moved from California in 2018 and placed it in one of the boxes I left to mail out to me… needless to say I finally received the box and I‘m starting this now 🤗📖
So I hear about santas little helpers and my brain goes elves. My brain says elves and I think Holly Black. Her Tithe books were so huge for me in my preteen years and even though I barely read YA anymore I read this whole series and I loved it so much.
Having said that, I don‘t think these elves would do a good job helping Father Christmas.
#wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick #festivephotochallenge
pickThe Cruel Prince is about a mortal girl, Jude Duarte, who tries to navigate a world of hate, betrayal, and her complicated and growing feeling towards her enemy. Jude is forced to grow up in Faerie land alongside her two sisters after being whisked away and raised by their parents' murderer.
pickJude is a mortal girl who lives in Faerie with her faerie family after her parents were murdered. She wants to be a knight but Madoc, her “dad“, forbids her! Jude is tired of being a powerless mortal so she strikes a deal with a prince and defies Madoc. What could go wrong? I would recommend this book to someone who likes action, fantasy, and unpredictability. One of the themes of this book is how the cruelty of others affects a person .
pickFinally read this after so long of reading all the hype about the series. I did like it and found I liked it more the farther I got in the story. Jude is a character worth rooting for. I felt there were some parts of the story that were rushed/muddled and the world building was only okay. But, I went right to the library and grabbed the next 2 books so that really says it all. So far not my favorite YA fantasy, but we will see!
pickI can't say it lived up to what I was expecting from the hype but here I am immediately reading the next book. I think a lot of what's supposed to make the prince "cruel" is kind of overblown or assumed or just downright unsupported but maybe that was in the blurry first third of the book I read at a bar. I'm definitely appreciating the book more for Jude's transformation and scheming.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
@EadieB thanks for the tag!
1. I wanna say Scotland because its real BUT I can't do that lol The child inside has to say Elfhame. From the Folk of the Air series.
2. My father is visiting from st Louis. He doesnt come as much as he used to. He's had cancer...he's in remission now.
Wanna play??? @LokiDokey @Smellslikereaderspirit
I can‘t put this trilogy down. In fact, I read the first 2 books in 2 days. 😅🙈
pickHace un par de años leí un libro de la autora y la verdad que no me gustó para nada, pero no voy a dar detalles porque no veo que sea necesario. Así que no estaba muy segura de comenzar The Cruel Prince por miedo a que pasara lo mismo. Pero, me alegro de haberlo hecho porque me gustó bastante.
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pickOmg I nearly read that all in one sitting, I loved it.
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Can‘t wait for the next one!!
This has been on my TBR forever! 🧚🏻♂️ finally getting around to it now ✨
pickI didn‘t post any quotes after some time because I was so caught up and didn‘t want to put the book down to post a quote... but I swear this is a really good book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickIt was wonderful! It is a series and I gobbled them up one right after the other.
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I enjoyed the story a lot but Idk something about it wasn't right. No clue what lol I give it 4 outta 5?
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"On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a long dark coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street."
pickAbsolutely love this book! So many twists and turns. I loved watching some of the characters growth as well. Jude had amazing character growth from the beginning to the end.
“This is what you wanted, isn‘t it?” he asks. “What you sacrificed everything for. Go on. It‘s all yours.”
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I‘ve made it to 130 pages but I‘m still not loving it. Is it worth it? #worthit #thecruelprince #struggle #shouldikeepreading
I‘m struggling a bit trying to find the connection to the characters or the writing. I‘m only 30 pages in and I hope I find the groove
so-soFinally got around to reading this book. I‘ve been on a YA fantasy kick lately. It was an entertaining read overall, but my dislike of Jude‘s POV at points made me wish this was a multiple perspective book.🤷♀️ #YAFantasy
