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The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"by you i am forever undone" AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

listen ok cardan is so fine, so unbelievably gorgeous, so absolutely fabulous

also I have said from the start that I love jude and she is so queen, WELL THAT WAS A PROPEHCY I MEAN LIKE she is so badass and she still is and I LOVE her

also like very other character

only complaint is like can we hurry up the politics lol I am in a state of devastation :)

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I loved this book so much, it just took me almost 100 pages before I got really into it, and It might be because I took breaks in between reading but honestly this book was just amazing to read. It was so good that I didn't want to put it down but I also did because I didn't want to finish the book and the world, their characters and lives to all be over. But eventually I just sat down and read just over two hundred pages in one day cause that's how into the book I was. 

I would recommend reading the first two book first (obviously) to understand this book but I thoroughly enjoyed the writing, the character devolvement and the revel of traitors and the exciting but very welcomed twist and turns that were around every corner. I loved this book to bits and I would have given it 5 stars, but it just took me a while to fully get into it, but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who will listen to me talk about it. 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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 Content Warnings: Blood, violence, death, pregnancy, war, confinement, animal death, toxic relationships, toxic friendships, murder, and some minimal sexual content. Mention of: cannibalism, abortion, abandonment, child abuse, and child neglect.

2/11/25
I freaking love this trilogy so much! We get so much political manipulations and intrigue,  an enemies to lover that we find out was actually...he fell first and he fell harder...and so much more 🥰


7/21/23
Holy crap. I DEVOURED this book. I needed to know what was going to happen with Jude, Madoc, Carden, ...I mean really everyone. There were some people that Jude forgave that I'm still mad at. New friends that I LOVE and wish I got more of.

Definitely so happy that my friend Roni rec'ed this to me, and gifted it to me 🥰, so I could experience this world! 

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 What a beautiful end to the series. So much scheming, so much betrayal, just all my love for those characters and world. It was so hard for me to put it down because so much was going on and so much was at stake! 
Holly Black did an amazing job at creating this world and I think it is so well done for young adult fantasy. It is whimsical but without being to flowery in its language. The characters were dynamic and it was so easy to root for them. So many great characters and character growth! I loved to read more about Grimsen, Heather and Vivi's relationship dynamic and Oak's character development to name a few. Jude and Cardan had so many heart-wrenching moments and I highlighted countless beautiful quotes in this book. The Queen of Nothing had some intense twists and turns just as the two first books in the series and once again I loved it so so much! The one negative I have is that I only wish it was longer. 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

truly cardan does nothing for three books except wear a crown wonky and get wasted, yet somehow ends up married to a goddess of a woman. cardan greenbriar get a job challenge

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Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

After reading the first two books and rating them both five stars I was nervous this one would not hold up. While it was not my favorite of the trilogy it definitely held up and was an excellent conclusion to all of the story set up in the first two books. I had no lingering questions, and while I would always want more time with these characters I think it ended perfectly. 

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