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Caitlin KellyMemoir · Non-Fiction·b. 1984
The Queen of Nothing
Synopsis
The final book in Holly Black's Folk of the Air trilogy brings Jude Duarte's story to its blazing conclusion. Stripped of her power and cast out of the only home she has fought so hard to claim, Jude is living in exile in the mortal world, restless and furious, when her twin sister arrives with a desperate plea that offers a way back to Faerie.
Returning means walking straight into the danger she was banished from — a court on the brink of war, old enemies circling, and the unresolved bond with Cardan that she can neither escape nor name. To win back what was taken from her and protect the realm from destruction, Jude will have to gamble everything on a single, audacious deception.
The Queen of Nothing is a fast, satisfying finale that pays off the trilogy's long game of ambition, love, and betrayal, and asks what Jude is truly willing to become to hold on to power and to the people she loves.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence
Readers say (1)Fast · Moderate
- 5 stars I cried a lot when Jude was stabbed by Madoc. Yes, he's a monster figure but that doesn't change the fact that he's a her foster father. He took care of both Jude and Taryn like his own when they were a child. But just for the sake of the crown, to conquer, to have power in his hands, all because of greed. Yes, he stabbed her but he was never a bad father. I loved when Jude tried her best to save Cardan after changed into a serpent. She knows she could be in danger because serpent Cardan lost control and might attack and hurt her in no time but she didn't back down. She didn't gave up to save him, to make him return to his old self.
- Speechless is what I am, I feel restless and agitated. The book was filled with action. Literally every page, paragraph something happens. I think my hope and denial made me predict the ending a bit or at least hope for it. Nevertheless, I enjoyed every bit of the whole trilogy and now I don't know what to do with my life. My fav thing about the whole series, apart from Jude obviously, it's how my perception of Cardan changed from when I was reading the first book to now. Well, this book deserved the hype.
- "and to scheming great schemes" <br><br>I knew that this book would have an amazing and mind-blowing ending!! it wouldn't be a Holly Black book if it didn't make me gasp at the plot twists and cry all the same. genuinely loved it, and I'm kind of sad that the trilogy is over, I've come to care so much for these characters and their stories. it was a great reading, and it also took me out of my reading slump so I'm even more grateful for it!!
- WHYYYYYYY??? Why was this a chore to read?? I had so much fun with the first two books, but this one seemed too stretched for nothing! What made the other two good, was nowhere to be found here. I kept expecting schemes and surprises and twists, but no, this gave air. It was very dull FOR ME!
- 4.5 🌟 Why does it have to end !? 😭 I want moreee. 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.
- 3.5/5