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The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

288 reviews

chrysanthemum17's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense medium-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

ugh this series has my heart 😭❤️ I’m obsessed with the ending

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malani's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This series was incredibly well written, I absolutely loved listening to all the audiobooks. The characters are so realistic & relatable & human, the descriptions of things/environments were so detailed i felt like i was watching a movie rather than just listening to an audiobook, and everything wrapped up so nicely in the end 🥹 I LOVED THIS SERIES & I’M OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK.
That being said, I don’t think I will read another Holly Black book until I can consume the story without getting so incredibly angry with the characters’ decisions. The Cruel Prince series feels like nonstop cruelty/shock value/distress, but that clearly made way for a super sweet ending :) Still - Holly, I hope you can fight.

Making me believe Jude killed her beloved high king, the lovely Carden, right after they FINALLY embraced each other is ridiculously diabolical.

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ms_morri's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If you're looking for a story about the darker side of the fairy courts, this is the book to read. Many books that I read about the fry tend to leave me feeling like it's an unrealistic relationship, the heroine can change the flawed fairy prince. Holly Blackthorn however has created two characters, both flawed, who make questionable decisions. I don't feel that Jude was trying to make Cardan a good person, and I don't feel that Cardan was trying to turn Jude evil. They both are morally flawed characters. And I like that. I do feel that the story didn't have all the twists and turns of the first book, I think it was a satisfying conclusion to this series.

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ladyoftheblade's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a FANTASTIC conclusion to the trilogy. The Queen of Nothing wraps up all the threads from the trilogy in a...mostly neat box. Jude was the last to finish her character arc, but it is a satisfying and deserved conclusion for the High Queen of Elfhame. Cardan's character growth was excellent and makes him truly deserving of Jude. This is the truest enemies to lovers I have ever read. I would consider making a faerie bargain just to erase my memories of this series so I could read it all over again.

Do yourself a favor and read the incredibly short Cardan's Letters to Jude in Exile after this. It is short and sweet, but demonstrates Cardan's sincerity. I love Jude and Cardan so much!

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eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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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chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

abso-fucking-lutely yes

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anndreya's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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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lottebluebird's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Wow, I’m speechless.
At first I thought: how unhinged can the plot become and the author must have thought: Yes! Please!

I really liked the conclusion and the ending. It all makes sense now and I was reading frequently whilst weeping. But I’m also a little cry baby 😅

10/10 would recommend! The whole series was a banger and I was not disappointed.
Everyone who loves fantasy and a little romance (not that spicy) and would love to read about the land of Faerie: Just do it! 🧚🏻‍♂️

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briez98's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A little rushed at the end, but I still enjoyed it

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rtjasa's review against another edition

3.5

Things I liked:

fae are more than just elevated hot versions of human, they're mostly vicious
for some reason I did like how the specks of romance were done with Carden & Jude, but only in the 2nd and 3rd book
Heather's struggles (I didn't like them, but they seamed realistic)
the politics of it, I think this is the main selling point
the complexity of Jude as a character (I love that I rooted for her and also hated her sometimes)
the mixture with contemporary world, especially at the end, the ending in general I enjoyed

Things I disliked:

the
serpent thing
made no sense to me but that's probably unpopular opinion
i despise the bullying trope, nearly DNFd Cruel prince because of it and we never would have gotten here (I only continued because the books are quite short and I had audiobooks so I did other things as I listened)
Tairyn or however you spell that, just her character in general, but what bothered me more is that she was apparently so stupid she didn't think when people asked something of her and just did it, but also
randomly snapped at Locke (who deserved to die imo)
the loophole with Carden's exile, I'm sorry but no, he laughed with the rest of them

It's very YA and it should be marketed as such. There is politics and romance, but the latter is very secondary. It's okay if you know what to expect and if you get through the 1st book it gets better imo. Wouldn't say it lives up to the hype, but I don't regret reading it. Also this is random, but I love the covers of the 2nd and 3rd book.

1.5/5

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