Cardan Greenbriar, the youngest son of King Eldred, despises Jude and often bullies her at school along with his friends Nicasia, Locke, and Valerian.

Jude aspires to be a knight in order to become a permanent member of the Court, but Madoc forbids her. In Elfhame, they are raised among the gentry by him and his wife Oriana alongside Oriana's son Oak.

Madoc takes Jude, her twin sister Taryn Duarte, and her older half-sister Vivienne to Elfhame. When Jude Duarte was seven, her parents were murdered by Madoc. But as civil war 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. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. But many of the Fae despise humans 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 years old 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. Dramatic and thrilling fantasy blends seamlessly with enthralling storytelling to create a fully realised and seductive world, brimful of magic and romance.Of course I want to be like them. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan. But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal.Īs Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest.

They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. intoxicating” – Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of CrowsOf course I want to be like them. Winner of the silver INKY for best international YA book. Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. The sequels – The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing – are the winners of/won the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy in 20. First in the bestselling Folk of the Air trilogy.

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