If I have to recommend a single book to others to read for the rest of my life, The Cruel Prince will be that book, no questions asked. The Cruel Prince is a Book you will not regret reading. Want to read this Book? Order now by clicking here.

You will know what happens next when you read the book yourself. But actually, Jude has taken Cardan so that Balekin does not become a king.Īnd Jude has sworn from Cardan that he will serve her for one year and a day. Everybody is shocked about the disappearance of Cardan. But he leaves Cardan alive because only someone from the Royal Bloodline can coronate the new king.Ĭardan disappears when Balekin needs him the most. On Coronation day, Balekin, one of the king’s sons, kills all of his brothers, sister and his father to become a king himself. She unravels a secret ploy to murder the king during one of her missions. Jude accepts happily and starts working as his spy. The Kings chosen heir, Dain, is impressed by Jude and offers her to be his spy. “ I stand in front of my window and imagine myself a fearless knight, imagine myself a witch who hid her heart in her finger and then chopped her finger off.” Madoc thinks she is not ready, so Jude engages in the competition to have an added advantage. Jude, who wants to gain power and mark her name in this Faerieland, intends to participate in a competition to offer her candidacy for knighthood. The King of Elfhame announced that he was stepping down as the king and would decide who would be the next king among his six children. Jude loathed him and wanted nothing else except to haunt him. The King’s youngest son, Cardan Greenbriar, constantly tormented Jude and her twin sister Taryn.

Madoc is Vivi’s father and now a guardian of Jude and Taryn. He taught Jude warfare and military strategy. But since he was an influential military strategist and a Knight, Jude learnt a lot of things from him. Madoc then takes all three of the girls into the Elfhame. Vivi is different from her sisters as she has long, pointy ears and is peculiarly tall. The story starts when a tall, mysterious man named Madoc arrives and murders the parents of 7-year-old Jude Duarte, Taryn and Vivi. The Cruel Prince is the first Book in The Folk of The Air Series.

Their journey follows the unique path of hate, betrayal, contempt, and the hunger for power. The series follows the story of a mortal girl named Jude Duarte and a faerie prince named Cardan Greenbriar.

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