The Cruel Prince review and Book Signing!

Hi guys, this is our book review for The Cruel Prince and a little overview of what happened when we went to the book signing. Hope you guys enjoy it 🙂 – Caroline and Jen x

The Cruel Prince review and Holly Black book signing:

Caroline-

“Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest.”

I love anything to do with Faerie so I knew I was going to dive right into this book.

I honestly loved it so much!

Jude who is human sees her parents murdered by a Faerie who turns out to be her older sisters father, and she is brought to the world of Faerie. This world is completely unknown to Jude and she’s trying to figure out how to survive in it and how to protect the ones she loves most.

In this story we see a lot of ways that love is different. Jude comes to love the man that killed her parents as he is now the only parent she knows, and in a way he loves them all as well.

From the start it is a suspenseful thrill ride with twists and turns, deception, love and betrayal.

We see lots of different characters with lots of different character traits and it’s hard to figure out who is genuine and who isn’t. They all have their own game that they play and it’s intriguing to find out how it will play out.

With a Cruel Prince like Cardan in the story-who we hate to love at first but then I completely fell in love with- it adds intrigue into the story and we see many different sides to him. I completely fell in love with him and this story and I’d say many others did as well!

I need the next book immediately, Holly Black is a Queen.

Jennifer-

The Cruel Prince opens with a brutal murder taking place. Jude and her sisters are witness to their parents being killed my non other than Vivi’s biological father, Madoc. Madoc wants his daughter to come live with him in the world of faerie. Realizing that he’s left the other two girls without parents he now has to bring them along to live in a world that’s isn’t their own. Mortals in a world with the majority of the population being faeries? Not a great mix. Jude and her sister Taryn are mocked and tormented constantly by some of their classmates. In order to survive in this new world full of danger, betrayal, politics and treachery Jude comes to terms with needing to be just as smart and deceitful as the fey themselves.

I absolutely adore this magical world and characters which Holly Black has so cleverly created. That woman is a genius I swear! The storytelling in this book was amazing and transported me to a completely different place which is what I especially love about fantasy worlds like this. I was so impressed with the writing style and how it was told through Jude’s perspective as a mortal in the world of faerie.

I liked how romance wasn’t the main focus but was an underlying factor within the story.

What I most enjoyed was the political aspect within the courts and how certain people within them would be willing to do anything for power. We see some characters work together behind others backs but it isn’t what you think in some cases. The ending of this story was such an unexpected turn for me which I quite enjoyed.

Holly Black book signing-

We went to the Holly Black signing for The Cruel Prince the 22nd of March, in Easons in Dublin. It was so nice to hear her talking about the book and what her inspiration is for writing. People were able to ask her questions about The Cruel Prince and her other books and it was great to hear what she had to say.

While we were waiting to get our book signed, the lovely people of Easons gave us free book merch, which consisted of; a snippet of her next book in the series- The Wicked King, a black candle (that smells amazing!), black heart lollipops, a bookmark and a small postcard size painting. Who doesn’t love free book merch though! We were able to get an individual picture with her after we got our book signed and a group one of both of us with her to show you guys on this!:) It was such a great evening, and she has fabulous blue hair!!

March TBR 2018

Hey guys!! Hope you’re all well 🙂 We just want to say thank you so much for following and interacting with our blog since we posted our first post not so long ago. We really appreciate it…A LOT! Today we bring you our very first Monthly TBR. In this post we will tell you all what we plan to read over the course of the month of March. – Caroline and Jennifer x

Caroline:

My TBR this month is:

-Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes;

Charlie Gordon is the first human test subject for surgery to increase his intelligence.

I have heard so many great things about this book and that it is meant to break your heart, so of course I’ve to read it!

-The Cruel Prince by Holly Black;

This is the first book in The Folk of the Air trilogy, and follows Jude, who lives in a world despised by faeries.

I love anything to do with faeries so of course I can’t wait to read this book! I’m also meeting Holly Black this month so I’m reading this in preparation for that!

-The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson;

Every winter Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game, but this year is different.

When I read the blurb for this book I immediately had to buy it, it sounds so interesting, I can’t wait to start it!

-Shatter Me series (re-read) by Tahereh Mafi;

Juliette has a paralysing and killing touch.

All I have to say is WARNER!!

-Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi;

Juliette and Warner’s story continues in the fourth instalment in Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series.

I am so so so so excited to dive back into this series!!

These are all the books I hope to read this month all going well!:)

Jennifer:

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli-

This book is essentially about Molly Peskin Suso who has experienced many cases of unrequited love. Her sister Cassie gets a new girlfriend who has a funny flirtatious friend- Will. Turns out Molly has a co-worker…Reid who is a Tolkien Superfan. Who will she fall for? I have no idea but damn am I excited to find out:)

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera-

September 5th – Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news – they’re going to die today. Both are strangers to each other but on their ‘End Day’ they look to make a new friend. Lucky for them there’s an app called the last friend app. Together they meet up to live a lifetime in a single day. I love Adams writing and it’s made me cry before so I have no doubt that this one will do the same. His books have a way of making me think differently about the world after I read them.

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven-

Theodore Finch wants to take his own life, Violet Malarkey is devastated by her sisters death. They meet on the ledge of the school bell tower and so their story begins. It’s only together they can be themselves. Violets world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. How far will Violet go to save the boy she has come to love?This book was gifted to me by Caroline for my birthday and she has given it so much praise so it’s only made me super intrigued to read it and see what it’s all about.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black-

First in a new trilogy called The Folk of Air Trilogy, Jude and her sisters see their parents murderer in front of them. An assassin abducts the three girls and brings them to the world of Faerie. Jude soon discovers that in order to survive this dangerous new world she has to be as smarty and deceitful as the Fey themselves.Anything fairy related is good in my books and especially coming from the queen herself Holly Black (who I’m meeting this month).

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare-

The second instalment in The Dark Artifices trilogy. A shadowhunters life is bound by fury, constrained by honour. The world of a shadowhunter is a solemn pledge and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai (warrior partners) – sworn to fight and die together but never to fall in love.Yes yes I know I should have never put this book off for so long, but I’m getting to it now…finally!

Well those are all the books we both plan on reading this month. All which are subject to change, we may switch or add one to the mix. All which will be revealed in our March wrap up at the end of the month! 🙂 Have a great month, full of great books. Happy reading 📚 – Caroline and Jennifer x