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A review by bibliorama
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
4.0
I'd say this was more 3.5. I definitely think the Wicked King is my favorite of the trilogy, but I'd say I like the Queen of Nothing more than the first book. The beginning was a bit slow, but I ended up being okay with that. I'm also not mad at the off screen death that happened and some of the other convenient plot points mostly because I'm not diehard in my investment of this series. I used this read to destress and it worked well. By the end I came to enjoy reading from Jude's perspective and liked her as a character.
On a side note, I've seen a lot of negative opinions about Taryn and I'm just not on board with that. I didn't see her as the evil sister, just a character who had her own motivations that didn't always align with her sister's. I also don't think the whole Locke and Taryn situation makes her evil as well. That relationship was bound to be unequel in power and not in Taryn's favor (this opinion is based off of the trilogy only I don't know anything about the novella story that might flesh Taryn out in other ways). I appreciate that Holly Black didn't make her an "enemy" of Jude.
On a side note, I've seen a lot of negative opinions about Taryn and I'm just not on board with that. I didn't see her as the evil sister, just a character who had her own motivations that didn't always align with her sister's. I also don't think the whole Locke and Taryn situation makes her evil as well. That relationship was bound to be unequel in power and not in Taryn's favor (this opinion is based off of the trilogy only I don't know anything about the novella story that might flesh Taryn out in other ways). I appreciate that Holly Black didn't make her an "enemy" of Jude.