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The Wicked King

The Folk of the Air, Book 2

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The Wicked King

By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
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An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times best-selling The Cruel Prince, nominated for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2019.

I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear.

Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed.

Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all....

©2019 Holly Black (P)2019 Bonnier Publishing Family & Relationships Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult Royalty King

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"Holly Black is the Faerie Queen." (Victoria Aveyard)
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Good pacing, good narration, good twists. I really find myself rooting for Jude and I am invested in her story. Finishes on a cliffhanger so I am keen to see what happens next. Definitely recommend!

If you liked the first one, you’ll love this!

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I'm so upset that I've finished this already. I was hoping it would last at least 3 days. This series is epically good. The characters are deeply flawed, which just keeps you guessing!

Sadly I don't like the narrator. Way too emotive sounding and over the top. It grates a little. I may read the next book in the series rather than listen.

I love this series!

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I had medium expectations for this sequel as the first book was good but didn’t blow me away. However this exceeded my expectations and was better than the first book! I Will definitely be reading book 3!

A thrilling sequel

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Twists and turns, so many unexpected. Loved it. Not sure what will happen next. Not the ending I wanted but i can’t wait to start the next book.

Brilliant!!

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Honestly, these books are a game of chess transmuted into a fantastic world with people making moves and countermoves, instead of a board with chess pieces!
A staggering series, that I can not stop reading!
One of the best I have ever read in my life, in the top 3 of my list most probably! What a wonderful mind the author has! 10 stars on this one! Onto the next!💃🏃‍♀️💨

Another Astounding Strike!

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..from pure shock. Seek not an airy fairy romance with star crossed lovers and the like. This story is about cruelty, bloodshed, deceit, twists you will not see coming and heart stopping endings that fall far from the dreaded "cliche cliff hanger" category.

You will admire, revile, pity, mock, deeply hate and desperately love the characters. I secretly lustfully ship a beautiful romance between a certain pair that with each book grows increasingly impossible on account of all the heinous things they do to each other. The one thing that remains certain is that Holly Black is fantastically imaginative and despite this being the first books of hers I read she has instantaneously claimed her place on my favourites shelf (which is no small feat as I am a tough to please).

If you haven't already picked up this series you are missing out on life.


Post Script: the narrator does a great job of bringing the story to life.

Starting to think Black wants to kill her readers.

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You will love this book , the story line is brilliant and the reading of it is very captivating, great book !

Brilliant book

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Mostly I liked the narrator's voice! Her voice made the story more vivid and remarkable.

amazing

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Loved listening to it whilst cleaning, I like this so much better that the first book!☺️

Super fun

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i loved how cardan greenbriar and jude duarte went enemies all the way to lovers

plot

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