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Wicked King, The

A Year and a Day Author: Holly Black A year and a day. It seems like such a long time, but it’s already half over and Jude has more problems than solutions. As the clever, violent mortal girl stolen into Faerie, she has clawed her way up, she has schemed and lied, she has betrayed, and now the King of Faerie, her old enemy Cardan, is at her beck and call. But only for a little while longer. And the true heir to the throne, the one Jude is fighting for, is still a child, still not ready. How can Jude [...]

Frances Carden2023-02-12T19:12:12-07:00February 12th, 2023|Tags: Faerie, fairy, fantasy, ya|

Dune

Fear is the Mind Killer, and Dune is the Mind Number Author: Frank Herbert Dune has long been on my list of must reads, and I am probably the only person on the planet who a) didn’t know even the basics of the plot and b) has never seen any of the movies. I went in knowing only that Dune was mostly set on a desert planet and there are giant worms. And honestly, I came out with about the same amount of knowledge. Dune is a Game of Thrones like story of betrayal, interplanetary politics, mysterious religions with centuries of [...]

Frances Carden2023-01-31T18:41:26-07:00January 31st, 2023|Tags: dune, fantasy, fiction, read, reading, sci-fi, science fiction|

Cruel Prince, The

The Way of FaerieAuthor: Holly Black Most fairy tales – most real, unvarnished fairy tales – begin with blood and violence. The Cruel Prince is no exception. Madoc, an angry fey seeking his runaway ex-wife and their half-fairy child (Vivi) shows up one day to turn a peaceful cottage scene into one of murder and mayhem. But Madoc has rules, ruthless as he is, and he takes not only his true child, but his ex-wife’s human children by another man, Jude and Taryn, under his wing. It is, after all, the brutal law of faerie.The girls, however, have difficulty fitting [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-03T05:48:29-07:00January 22nd, 2023|Tags: book review, fairy, fantasy, read, reading, ya|