The Cruel Prince is the worst of the Folk of the Air trilogy. It took me the majority of the book to like either Jude or Cardan. It's so easy to get bogged down in the high school bullying of it all to even care about either of them until the weird vibes of Cardan being a high school bully is over towards the end of the book.

The major problem this series has is most if not all the plot twists are predictable, and it can be had to engage with the suspense Jude experiences when you already know what is about to happen. I will say I did not know exactly what Jude had planned for the end, which had me pleasantly surprised when I was off about what she had going on!

Other than the High School Bullying(tm) and predictable twists, the Cruel Prince is a very good young adult read!