The first book in the popular Folk of the Air trilogy. The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing, two sequels, are the winners of the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy awards for 2019 and 2020, respectively. a 2019 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL nominee. Silver INKY Award winner for the best international YA book. The author of Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo, called it "a black jewel of a book... addictive." I want to be just like them, of course. They are as exquisite as swords created by a celestial fire. They will live indefinitely. Cardan is even more stunning than the others. I despise him more than anyone else. I despise him so much that I occasionally find it difficult to breathe when I see him. Jude and her sisters witness their parents' brutal death one horrible morning. All three girls are kidnapped by the scary assassin and taken to the realm of Faerie, where Jude is given a position in the royal court but is mocked and tortured by the Faerie monarchy for being mortal. Jude learns as she gets older that if she wants to ever feel like she belongs, she will have to participate in the fey's hazardous tricks. However, the path to power is paved with treachery and darkness. And Prince Cardan, who is annoying, conceited, and charismatic, hangs over everything. A completely realised and enticing universe brimming with enchantment and romance is created by fanciful storytelling that is both dramatic and thrilling and smoothly combines with it.