Exiled to the mortal world by the king she married, Jude returns to Faerie in disguise as war gathers around the throne
Exile and return
Jude Duarte, a mortal raised in the High Court of Faerie, once seized power by making the wicked prince Cardan king and controlling him through a binding promise. Then he made her his queen, and in the same moment exiled her to the human world. Now she lives in a cramped apartment, doing odd jobs for the local fae and nursing her fury, until her twin sister Taryn arrives with a desperate request.
Who will enjoy it
Readers aged about fourteen and up who followed The Cruel Prince and The Wicked King and want a fast, scheming, romantic finale.
What you will get
A fast, scheming finale in which an exiled mortal queen slips back into Faerie in disguise, facing war, betrayal and a dangerous curse.
The Queen of Nothing Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Fantasy · Faerie · Court intrigue · War
Length
336 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Taryn has done something terrible and needs Jude to take her place at court to cover for it. Jude agrees, because it gets her back into Faerie, and soon she is moving through the palace wearing her sister's face, gathering secrets and watching her foster father, the general Madoc, prepare to take the throne by force. Her feelings for Cardan, still furious and still tangled, complicate every move she makes.
Black writes court intrigue with a sharp, cool edge. Promises are weapons, nobody can be trusted, and Jude is a heroine who plans three steps ahead and still gets hurt. The book is shorter and faster than its predecessors, with battles, duels and a spectacular magical curse at its climax, and it finally lets the romance between Jude and Cardan come into the open, with their trademark banter intact. There is notable violence, though rarely graphic.
Some readers wish it were longer, since a few plot threads are resolved quickly, but the ending is satisfying and fitting. Read the trilogy in order. Jude's sharp, wary voice carries the whole trilogy to its close. About 336 pages in the Little, Brown hardcover.
The Wicked King
The Cruel Prince
Throne of Glass
Red Queen
The Burning Bridge
Shadows of Self
Empire of Storms
A Court of Mist and Fury
The Subtle Knife
House of Earth and Blood
This Present Darkness
City of Lost Souls