Hi Cara,
I finally got round to finishing The Folk of the Air series. The Queen of Nothing wraps up Jude and Cardan story.
After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watches her fair share of reality television, and does the odd job or two, including trying to convince a cannibalistic faerie from hunting her own in the mortal world.
When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking of a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, who she loves despite his betrayal.
When a dark curse is unveiled, Jude must become the first mortal Queen of Faerie and uncover how to break the curse, or risk upsetting the balance of the whole Faerie world.
(Synopsis from Goodreads.com)
The Queen of Nothing lept me gripped from beginning till the end. I read the book in one sitting as I needed to know what happened. I read the book in one sitting as I needed to know what happened.
The direction that The Queen of Nothing went surprised me. My opinion of certain characters changed, which shocked me as I had boxed them off as bad/good but there is more grey character than I thought.
As a twin, I loved the twin swap, as it something I have done before (Only once, different prescription glasses made it harder to swap places for long.) Also, the way that certain people could tell them apart.
One of my favourite elements of The Queen of Nothing was the plotting and misdirection between the Fey and Jude. This meant that nothing went in the direction I thought.
I felt that The Queen of Nothing was the most emotional out of all three books. Especially as Jude is mainly motivated by her emotions.
The book is full of great moments and quotes and below are some of my favourite quotes;
“My Sweet Nemesis, how glad I am that you returned.”
“I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness.”
“That’s what mortal means,” I say with a sign that I don’t have to fake. “We die, Think of us like shooting stars, brief but bright.”
“He looks every inch a spy from the Court of Shadows, down to the sneaky smile pulling at corner of his beautiful month.”
My favourite aspect of The Queen of Nothing.
- Action / rescue scene
- Moments between Jude and Cardan
- Finding out the truth
- Underestimating mortals.
- The ending I wanted for certain characters.
My least favourite aspect of The Queen of Nothing.
- Madoc ending
- Locke ending
My rating for The Queen of Nothing is 4.8 out of 5.
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