'This is a heady blend of Faerie lore, high fantasy, and high school drama, dripping with description that brings the dangerous but tempting world of Faerie to life. Whatever a reader is looking for-heart-in-throat action, deadly romance, double-crossing, moral complexity-this is one heck of a ride.'- Booklist, starred review * 'Jude, who struggles with a world she both loves and hates and would rather be powerful and safe than good, is a compelling narrator. * 'Another fantastic, deeply engaging, and all-consuming work from Black that belongs on all YA shelves.'- School Library Journal, starred review

Breathtaking set pieces, fully developed supporting characters, and a beguiling, tough-as-nails heroine enhance an intricate, intelligent plot that crescendos to a jaw-dropping third-act twist.'- Publishers Weekly, starred review

Holly is the Faerie Queen.'- Victoria Aveyard, #1 bestselling author of The Red Queen series This delicious story will seduce you and leave you desperate for just one more page.'- Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom And Jude! She is a heroine to love-brave but pragmatic, utterly human. Black's world is intoxicating, imbued with a relentless sense of peril that kept me riveted through every chapter of Jude's journey. 'Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book. ' The Wicked King is so fast-paced and intense, you won't be able to put it down.'- The Missourian 'Holly Black is a mistress of well-paced fantasy.'- Austin-American Statesman 'An epic saga of palace intrigue and deception.'- Entertainment Weekly 'The plot itself twists, turns, and dovetails perfectly with the assured character development in this way, Black proves herself a master storyteller writing in the tradition of Megan Whalen Turner.'- Horn Book *' dangerous journey filled with mystery, betrayal, intrigue, and romance.Larger-than-life action in a kingdom packed with self-centered, evil, and manipulating characters also doles out real life issues.'- VOYA, Starred Review *'A rare second volume that surpasses the first, with, happily, more intrigue and passion still to come.'- Booklist, Starred Review *'A heady blend of courtly double-crossing, Faerie lore, and toxic attraction swirls together in the sequel to THE CRUEL PRINCE.Black's writing is both contemporary and classic her world is, at this point, intensely well-realized, so that some plot twists seem almost inevitable.' The Wicked King has satisfying twists and turns, sizzling passions, brutal violence, spies and revels of all sorts-no one brings the intricate courtly politics of Faerie to life quite as well, or with as much intelligence, as Holly Black. 'A stunning and compelling sequel.'-SLJ, Starred Review

Folk of the air books