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A review by micaelamariem
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
5.0
OH MY GOSH. This series. This might be my new favorite series, or at least one of them. It destroyed me, but in a good way.
Anyway…
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black is the final installment of The Folk of the Air trilogy. (The Folk of the Air were mentioned once during the series so I don’t know why it’s called that). There is a book called How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories I need to get an a short e-story called The Lost Sisters I need to read, but the main trilogy consists of The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, and The Queen of Nothing.
The author, Holly Black, has worked on many fantasy novels including The Spiderwhick Chronciles. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. She is currently living in New England.
This final book was action-packed from the get-go and took so many surprising twists. Our heroine, Jude, had to face off with many characters like her father, enemy soldiers, a cannibal redcap, and her own enemy and lover, Cardan. I loved seeing the character development over the series. Everyone calls this an enemies-to-lovers series which is quite right, but I didn’t know it would also be a story about sisters and how they can betray one another, but still come around when needed most. I think a huge emphasis on this last book was on family and what it means to be part of one.
Another key theme was learning to be vulnerable, which many of the characters were too prideful to do. Ultimately, this led to demise and destruction. Whereas those who could shed their armor, learned there can be strength in love.
I can’t think of much I didn’t like except little tidbits that don’t make sense in any fantasy world. For example, why do they have running bath water and not toilets? I don’t know. Perhaps we will never know.
I SO RECOMMEND THIS SERIES. Especially for fans of fae novels or who have read Sarah J Mass’s novels but not Holly Blacks. Fantasy fans, I know I slept on this series, so if you are too, get on it and read it! It will wreck you and that’s a compliment.
Five stars out five stars. More if the typical ratings went higher.
Anyway…
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black is the final installment of The Folk of the Air trilogy. (The Folk of the Air were mentioned once during the series so I don’t know why it’s called that). There is a book called How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories I need to get an a short e-story called The Lost Sisters I need to read, but the main trilogy consists of The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, and The Queen of Nothing.
The author, Holly Black, has worked on many fantasy novels including The Spiderwhick Chronciles. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. She is currently living in New England.
This final book was action-packed from the get-go and took so many surprising twists. Our heroine, Jude, had to face off with many characters like her father, enemy soldiers, a cannibal redcap, and her own enemy and lover, Cardan. I loved seeing the character development over the series. Everyone calls this an enemies-to-lovers series which is quite right, but I didn’t know it would also be a story about sisters and how they can betray one another, but still come around when needed most. I think a huge emphasis on this last book was on family and what it means to be part of one.
Another key theme was learning to be vulnerable, which many of the characters were too prideful to do. Ultimately, this led to demise and destruction. Whereas those who could shed their armor, learned there can be strength in love.
I can’t think of much I didn’t like except little tidbits that don’t make sense in any fantasy world. For example, why do they have running bath water and not toilets? I don’t know. Perhaps we will never know.
I SO RECOMMEND THIS SERIES. Especially for fans of fae novels or who have read Sarah J Mass’s novels but not Holly Blacks. Fantasy fans, I know I slept on this series, so if you are too, get on it and read it! It will wreck you and that’s a compliment.
Five stars out five stars. More if the typical ratings went higher.