A review by kitsuneru
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

adventurous dark emotional funny tense

5.0

this book is perfect. i enjoyed every single thing.

CARDAN BRO IM SO IN LOVE WITH HIM IM SO IN LOVE WITH HIM IM SO IN LOVE WITH HIMMMMMM.
he knew right away that it was jude in front of him instead of taryn, who jude was pretending to be. and card and reason behind the exile literally is so funny, he wanted her to figure out it was a riddle for her and that there was a loophole for her to come back. he just wanted her to be proud of him for thinking of the riddle LOL.


AND THE LETTERS. “did you get my letters” “what?” SHE DIDNT GET HIS LETTERS AND IT WILL FOREVER HAUNT ME THAT SHE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO READ THOSE LETTERS😭😭 cardan was literally begging jude to come back to faerieland. “come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home” SOBBING. “my heart is buried with you in the strange soil of the mortal world, as it was drowned with you in the cold waters of the undersea. it was yours before i could admit it, and yours it shall ever remain.” HE WANTED HER TO COME HOME SO BADLY.


and he loves her literally so much. he’s always staring at her and he protects her and the amount of power he has is so HOT.
like when she first came back to faerieland and was taken by madoc and cardan killed half of madocs army because he didn’t want to lose jude agai
n LIKE SCREAMING AND BLUSHING. AND
when he went to the mortal world and showed up to vivi’s apartment and almost tore apart the place to find jude😩 AND EVEN WHILE HE WAS A SNAKE HE ALWAYS KNEW HER EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FILLED WITH DARKNESS😭😭 “i knew little else, but i always knew you” WHICH WAS PROVEN BC IN SNAKE FORM, HE ONLY LET HER COME CLOSE TO HIM.
CARDAN MF GREENBRIAR IM SO IN LVOE IMWITH TOU.
and we find out that he was the one who gifted her that new ball gown at the coronation in the first book
LIKE I KNEW IT AHHHH.

it’s so satisfying to see how much cardan and jude care for each other.

with jude realizing
that she truly loves cardan. like she missed him so much and she constantly craves him by her side.


their love confession was literally so 😫 had me screaming and kicking my feet.

and when cardan said
“by you, i am forever undone”
SCREAMING BLUSHING KICKING MY FEET POUNDING MY FIST AGAINST MY PILLOW.

and i hated taryn but she redeemed herself in this book so love her now lol. vivi and oak are lovely as always and i love the bomb and the roach as always too. im glad the ghost had a good reason for his betrayal and that he redeemed himself as well.


the plot was immaculate. i literally am so in love with this series and this book especially. it will live in my head rent free and i will think about it every day. it is so perfect. i cant say enough great things and i could go on and on about this book and cardan and jude. i love them.