I was a young girl, at the mall with my mom, and we walked into a Borders Outlet.

Okay, maybe I should start this review off with a personal story. I’m not sure how I’m even going to attempt to come up with a review fitting for this masterpiece, but I’m going to try. This book is a piece of heaven that was sent from above, this book is the perfection incarnate, this book is nothing short of magical, this book easily makes my top five books of all-time list, and this book is without a doubt the best book I’ve read in 2017. If you guys ever want to see what my true heart’s desires are on paper, read this book. “He looks like a faerie lover stepped out of a ballad, the kind where no good comes to the girl who runs away with him.” But as betrayal 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. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.Īs Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. 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 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. An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Novella (Book 1.This is a previously published cover edition of ISBN 9780316310277. The Folk of the Air series needs to be read in order, starting with book one, The Cruel Prince.ĭiscover more great YA fantasy reads on our blog here. Jude and Carden’s story is one of magic, power, drama and romance that spans three books, and is best for ages 13+. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan. But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. Delivered to Faerie court by their assassin, Jude and her sisters are tormented and mocked by the Faerie royalty.Īs Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong. The books follow the story of Jude Duarte, a mortal girl who is thrust into the world of the Faerie when her parents are murdered.

The Folk of the Air is a spellbinding YA fantasy series by Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles and Magisterium.

The folk of air series in order