However, it ended in such a way where I’m undoubtedly excited for the next book ( The Wicked King). Basically, the book was easy to read, but a little harder to connect to. I’m going to keep this relatively short (I’m equal parts exhausted and freezing… I want to get back to my bed and my heated blanket). I was happy when her character seemed to develop more, bringing the story along with her. Before then, she felt a little too ‘standard YA’ for me, which isn’t exactly bad, but just not enough for me to connect with.

I feel like that’s when Jude (the main character) found a consistent voice. To put it simply, I was slightly intrigued by the story pretty early on (mostly because of Faerie stuff and gentry secrets), but I didn’t become properly invested until the final third of the book.

However, I’m going to be honest… It took me a while to become invested in the story itself. Her writing style is not one that I’d usually claim to be a favorite, partially because it’s in first person point of view, but it certainly kept me reading (I am up WAY too late writing this). I’ve heard many people say that they read this book quickly, and I can obviously understand why. I read it in a day, which is unsurprising. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (the first book in The Folk of the Air trilogy). I wrote each one after finishing the book in question, so you are getting unadulterated thoughts that I wrote (most of the time) after 2 in the morning! The Cruel Prince However, I ended up reading the whole trilogy before I could post the first review, so I decided to group them together. I debated breaking this up into three separate reviews, posting after I finished each book.

The folk of the air trilogy