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  • The Queen of Nothing

  • The Folk of the Air, Book 3
  • By: Holly Black
  • Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
  • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (714 ratings)

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The Queen of Nothing

By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
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Goodreads Best Fantasy YA 2020. 

The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times best-selling The Cruel Prince, nominated for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2019, and New York Times best seller The Wicked King.

After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie.

When her twin sister, Taryn, shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, whom she loves despite his betrayal. When a dark curse is unveiled, Jude must become the first mortal Queen of Faerie and break the curse or risk upsetting the balance of the whole Faerie world.

©2019 Holly Black (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK

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Great conclusion to trilogy

December was a busy month for all, but to start off the new year on a high note here is a review for the popular book, Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. This conclusion to the epic The Folk of the Air series, will see Jude and Cardan in more danger than ever.

After the shocking events of The Wicked King, Jude may be the Queen of Faerie, but she is exiled to the human world. Now living with her sister, Vivy, and younger brother, Oak, Jude struggles with the peace and lack of purpose in her mortal life. After living almost her entire life in Faerie, it’s not surprising she feels out of place in the human world. And when an inquest into murder threatens her twin Taryn, Jude is almost keen to disguise herself as her sister and return to the court of Faerie.

Despite her understandable hate and sense of betrayal, Jude can’t help but be both nervous and excited to see her husband. And regardless of his cruel act, Cardan seems just as excited to see her. I really enjoyed how they kept up this intense love/ hate style relationship even during this final instalment (regardless of how unhealthy this is). Even when the pair can put aside their hate and anger for a few moments, the heightened emotions leads to a mix of love, lust and emotional pain, sometimes even physical. Still, this dysfunctional relationship withstands more than anyone could imagine and the two make for a fearsome pair – ready to charm, scheme and kill both friends and foes alike.

Finally, we get to see Jude versus Madoc in complicated battles of wits and blades. After his skill and experience being built up throughout the trilogy, I wasn’t sure if he would be a disappointment. Thankfully, he isn’t. He is an intelligent and cruel strategist and a fast and powerful swordsman. Some of my favourite scenes in this book was when Jude and Madoc would clash, they both have such fast, clever comebacks and are excellent fighters.

I loved the development of the world, court politics and legends that all came into play in this book. What seemed like an unrelated side comment could be foreshadowing a life-threatening challenge to overcome – which made theorising what was about to happen all the more fun. The climax was so absorbing, I had to hold my breath and wait. Cardan’s story arc was especially intriguing, and I loved seeing him be a true king of Faerie, more than capable of taking of any enemy. Tricky fae bargains, battles and ancient magic, everything you could want in a fae adventure.

I had the audiobook and the narrator paired with the beautiful language, made for a great listen so I’d definitely recommend getting it. Clearly, I loved this book, and give it 5/5. Though I’m sad the trilogy has ended, it has been one of my all-time favourite fey novels and am excited to see what Holly Black does next!

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Loved it!

Great twists and story line. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would love another book following up on these beloved characters.

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Very enjoyable fantasy fairie book.

Great detail, characters stayed true to themselves. Very entertaining and I really enjoyed listening. Took me a while to listen to the narrator as I had read the first two books as hardcopy and had the names and voices in my imagination already.

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best book of the series

I was unimpressed by the 2nd book, to the point that i didn't think i should bother listening to this one, but glad I did as I found this story so much more engaging and satisfying. great narrator, great happily ever after.

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a great thrill through fairy!

a great mix of real-worldness and fantasy. would have loved a little more saucy but throughout enjoyed the series.

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Love the story!

Great character development throughout and engaging story and relationships. The narrator was very good and did well to create a different personality for each characters

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Really great fairytale

Loved this series so much!! Couldn’t get enough had to buy the next book in the series as soon as I finished the one before. Great narration. Didn’t want it to end, but great ending :)

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love it!!

I have listened to this 3 book series several times now and enjoy it just as much every time..
Caitlin Kelly is wonderful to listen to.

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Loved the entire series!

So glad I came across this series. The narrator was exceptional and so was the storyline. Such a great read! Has this already been made into a movie? If not, needs to be done so asap!

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What an ending 👏

My favourite book of the series. I loved the character development , this last instalment had me hooked.

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