The Folk of the Air Series by Holly Black
[Book 1: The Cruel Prince]
[Book 2: The Wicked King]
[Book 3: The Queen of Nothing]
Quote: "It's you I love. I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so well that I could behave as though I didn't have one at all. Even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten, and scabrous thing. But it is yours."
Plot: The Folk of the Air series consists of three main books (in order)- The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing and two spin off's- The Lost Sisters & How the King of Elfhame Learned to hate stories.
This is a young adult fantasy fiction series which follows the life of Jude Duarte, a mortal girl who gets thrown into the world of magic and faeries. And about the Faerie prince Cardan Greenbriar, who is hell-bent on making Jude's life difficult.
The Series is filled with betrayal, hate, revenge and political power with the enemy-to-lovers trope.
My Personal Views: The Folk of the Air series is filled with characters that you are bound to fall in love with, let me tell you that. You can go onwards with the read without the fear of thinking you might hate any part in all of the three books but that can not be further from the truth. Sure, you might hate them for the choices they would make eventually however, the character development written by Holly Black is actually something.
Throughout the series, I absolutely loved Cardan Greenbriar, I mean how can you not ?? He is so cute! He and Jude are just made for each other.
Also, Jude's character is my favourite, her and Cardan being my absolute favourites. Her character is so fierce and I can't even count the number of times when she made me scream "QUEEN!!!" in my head at her, especially in the last book. The way she fought to get herself a place in a world that she was thrown into since childhood is commendable. She is definitely going on my 'Best Badass female main characters' list.
The overall family dynamics throughout the series were also pretty good. I had never thought that I would actually like a political-related fantasy family drama book but here we are. The series had me hooked since the first book, not going to lie.
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5
