The Cruel Prince

It is completely damaged!!!

i bought this twice as gifts and they all liked it very much :)

The book was in very good condition. Can’t wait to read it.

Came in good condition!

This book felt like I wasn’t reading at all, I finish it in some hours and ordered the complete series after I was done, cardan was rude, yes he was but I just like him more towards the end, one of my favorite characters in book, I consider him my second book bf after the love hypothesis, he could have been number one if I didn’t read love hypothesis first, Jude is literally the perfect definition of not giving up, she did everything to archive what she wanted

Bookstagram really hypes up this book, which I do not completely understand. This book was an easy read for me to the point I was able to guess most (if not all) of the twists and turns that occurred. If I read this book in high school I probably would have been obsessed with it, but as an undergraduate college grad, I got joy from reading this book but I am not completely entirely attached.I think the main character Jude is an amazing independent young lady! I think she was a perfect protagonist, but do wish that this series could have been written when she was in her twenties instead of her at seventeen. I think the author would have been able to add more sexual and graphic detail that it seemed like she wanted to add instead of keeping the romance/lust at the PG-13 level. Jude is a decent role model for girls in high school because she has courage, loyalty, and stands her ground, but I did wish she was not as enthralled with the idea of romance as soon as a male took attention with her. I do have to say that I despise Jude’s twin sister in this book and I cannot believe she did many of the things she did.The romance in this book was iffy because it was there, but not really there. I liked how the book focused more on world-building and drama instead of enforcing that romance had to happen. Somewhere in the middle of the book, it seemed like Jude was worrying about finding romance and she was going to let that fear distract her from her goals in life. Jude had so much determination to go for a certain ‘career’ that the fact that she was going to let the idea of romance get in her way was unbelievable to me. I almost wish the author left out any romance for the Jude and just let it be something for secondary characters. The author could have planted seeds of romance in this work to build up in the other books of the series if she truly cared about having a romance in this work. I think the drama and violence were enough to make this book interesting.I am conflicted over the interpretation of the fae in this work. I liked certain aspects but disliked others. I liked how heavily based on folklore the author created her interpretation of the fae! Actual fairytales and folklore warnings children were told were used as facts, which was refreshing to have an author that actually researched the supernatural creature they were using. There were some random additions that I was not interested in like having humans and fae be considered different species, but then supporting the fact that humans were needed to reproduce with because it could be difficult for fae the reproduce. Like I get humans and fae are different, but emphasizing they are different species that should have been separated and never reproduce together was weird when it was needed for this world. Like fae need the human gene pool, so why the hatred? Also, I thought it was weird the way the author went about discussing the subgroups of the different fae. I understand that there were different fae and the traits they had, but the author had some separated by their preferred values, the royal sibling’s court they were aligned with, and then there are other groups/kingdoms of fae. Maybe I am just used to fae reads having courts and certain groupings for the fae and this interpretation having more leeway of the grouping is throwing me off. So, I am going to applaud the author for taking an approach to grouping the fae in a way that is different than the norm.This book got 4 out of 5 stars because the author is clearly skilled in their writing style and if I were to read something of the author’s that was not exclusively fae based I would probably love it. I want to reiterate that the author is talented in their writing skills and I enjoyed how they wrote, I just did not love the story. I do have a slight obsession with fae based books, so I can be picky about how the story progresses. Things that would have made this a perfect 5/5 is to have the protagonist and other main characters are in their 20s, more adult themes instead of just hints to them, the build-up to the twists without being obvious, and either make romance a priority of this work or plant the seeds to it for the next book.As of right now, I do want to read the remaining two books in the series. I have been gifted with the second book in the series, so I will read it eventually. Unless I absolutely hate the second book, I will probably read the third book.

This was another surprise of 2020. I did not expect to like it as much as I did, especially because so many people had told me it was weird.Okay, maybe it is a little weird, but I enjoyed its weirdness. It reminded me a lot of a book I used to read as a kid, called Fairy Oak. It was about two girls born with fairy powers, though one was dark and the other was light.In The Cruel Prince we have fairies, and even though they are described as beautiful, they also they very peculiar characteristics.Many have horns, other wings, talons, fur, tails… They are not human, and while reading the book I was thinking that as a human I probably wouldn’t have thought they were beautiful.Jude, however, is not a normal human. She was “kidnapped” as a kid, because of her older sister Vivy. She was the child of a fae warrior, and he’d dedicated his life to finding her. After killing their parents, Madoc decided to bring in the fairie world with him Vivy, Jude and her twin Taryn.Jude grew up amongst fairies. She doesn’t have what we could call human beauty standards. At the same time, though, everyone else seems to despise her because she is human.Especially Cardan.If you like enemies to lovers, this is your book. Cardan and Jude hate each other, but their feel somehow attraction, and they don’t know how to deal with that. Let me just say, it won’t be healthy, nor logical. It will be messy, confusing, and stupid.For us readers, it will be funny and annoying at the same time. Before anyone starts thinking about healthy relationship and stuff like that, I want to say that while I don’t particularly want a psycho fairy weirdo as a boyfriend, I loved Cardan.They are just perfect for each other, even though they don’t understand it.What really pissed me off was Jude’s family relationships. Madoc murdered her family, and yet she feels some kind of affection towards this brute who took care of her as best as he could. Oriana, Jude’s stepmother, is clearly unhappy with the man she chooses to spend her life with.Vivy is a fool. I don’t want to spoiler anything, but I think she shouldn’t have kept her true identity hidden, even though I might understand the reasons why she did that.Jude’s twin though… Taryn was the worst character in the book. She clearly has no respect for herself or, even worse, her sister. She’s simple-minded, selfish, and kind of dumb. I seriously hated her, and even at the end when her secret was revealed, it only made her look even worse.Jude. One of the strongest and most independent female characters in a young adult novel. She doesn’t need help, even though most of the time she only ends up making things worse by herself. She doesn’t really care about all the things her sisters seem obsessed with, and I loved the way she reacts to Cardan’s attentions.There is really nothing bad I can say about this book, which is shocking. I might not be objective, but when a book is good enough to keep me up at night because I want to finish it, I don’t particularly care about small things.I loved the weirdness, the clothes, the animals, the banters and most of all I loved the drama. Sometimes young adult books have lots of drama that feels unnecessary.The Cruel Prince, however… The drama is just perfect, and absolutely entertaining.This might be one of my favorite series ever!

I haven’t finished I can’t get over the fact there’s like thread books so if I finish this book I need to go onto another book 🫤

As an avid fae fantasy reader I knew I'd probably like this book - but I liked it SO much more than I thought I would. This book took me by surprise - it starts with a somewhat adolescent feeling centered around Jude and her sister Taryn, human children stolen away to faerie lands, who are mercilessly bullied by Prince Cardan and his even nastier friends. However Jude's defiance of Cardan, and her ambitions to become a knight of the court, quickly lead her into the dark and deceitful world of political intrigue, where the stakes are MUCH higher. As Jude becomes more entangled in the royal goings-on, she finds herself wondering if she is straying too close to darkness. After other royal faeries' machinations come to fruition, her strategic and political prowess are put to the test, and she must make some difficult choices of her own. Black's world-building is quite strong - there is enough here to make it stand out, but also enough common threads to have a sense of familiarity based in faerie lore. This is enhanced in many ways by its juxtaposition against the modern mortal world, which is explored a few times throughout. For those looking for a lot of romance or spice...not much to be found here, but I imagine it will come to play in later books. I love her play of light vs. dark in each of the respective characters. As we, the reader, follow Jude, we learn that those who seem dark may not be quite so, and those who seem good might not have the best intentions. Jude is a captivating female lead, and her evolution through the book takes us on quite the journey. Cardan is quite the faerie of mystery, and I can't wait to learn more about him. Book 1 ends on quite the cliffhanger, and I'm beyond excited to go straight into Book 2 and see how their fates intertwine.