Fierce and observant Jude is utterly unaware of the currents that swirl around her. Black’s latest looks at nature and nurture and spins a tale of court intrigue, bloodshed, and a truly messed-up relationship that might be the saving of Jude and the titular prince, who, like Jude, has been shaped by the cruelties of others. Brought up among the Gentry, Jude has never felt at ease, but after a decade, Faerie has become her home despite the constant peril.
Human Jude (whose brown hair curls and whose skin color is never described) both hates and loves Madoc, whose murderous nature is true to his Faerie self and who in his way loves her. Jude-broken, rebuilt, fueled by anger and a sense of powerlessness-has never recovered from watching her adoptive Faerie father murder her parents. Racism, colorism, and colonialism are confronted (Pippa’s White and British Arjun’s human half is Indian) queer fey are accepted.Ĭharacters’ relationships aside, essentially an extended setup for the next installment.īlack is back with another dark tale of Faerie, this one set in Faerie and launching a new trilogy. In the last act, the worldbuilding further expands with deceptions and dangerous fey schemes coming to fruition just in time for the sequel. Occasional viewpoints from other characters’ perspectives give hints at more Otherworld politics. Pippa and Arjun’s compatibility allows for a quickly building romance despite the circumstances. While they’re attracted to each other, Pippa already has a fiance-a good, rich man she needs to marry to take care of her family-but the fey marriage rite means forever. The fey of the Summer Court are vicious to “halfbloods” like Arjun, who at least has protection from his mother’s status when Pippa ends up being discovered and is seriously endangered, Arjun claims her as his fiancee to protect her.
After Arjun leaves, Pippa investigates his home in search of clues about Celine, her missing best friend, and ends up following him through the tare. He’s on a strict time limit, though, with his promise of servitude to the Winter Court’s king hanging overhead. The Court of Lions begs half-human, half-fey Arjun to go to the Otherworld-the place vampires have been exiled from-to convince a fey healer to come and save Odette. To rescue loved ones following the events of The Damned (2020), Arjun and Pippa venture into the dangerous Otherworld.
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