The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.

Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.

Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.

And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity…

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy.

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The Review

The final book in The Folk of the Air Series wasn't exactly what I expected. It was a fun, quick read and while I loved how it ended, I don't think it was as good as its counterparts. Take that with a grain of salt because typically, final books in the series that I love don't leave me satisfied simply because it's the end. In particularly though, I felt as though this was a slow read compared to the last book. I wasn't as invested in the relationship between the sisters, the danger didn't really feel....dangerous. I even missed Cardan being a complete douche in this one. What happened to the edge between Jude and Cardan?!

I love them and I always will but the stakes just didn't seem particularly high, I knew they would win the day. Maybe this is just a "me" thing though. Don't get me wrong, Jude had me chuckling as always and Cardan got me hot and bothered as usual. It's just that it was all quite predictable. I loved the first two because much of it took me by surprise but that was missing here. I like when things end happily but this felt a bit awkward. That's all I really have to say about this ending. It was a nice story, the wit wasn't lacking completely but it wasn't memorable for me. I will say that I absolutely love Holly Block's descriptions of the world and the food and the culture. I could do without so much about clothing though, but occasionally it is cool to picture these incredible gowns and the armor was badass. But "too much of any good thing..."

I give this three out of five stars. It wasn't that it was a bad story and I hope I don't give that impression, because I did stay up all night so that I could keep reading. It just didn't feel as life or death as the others and I'm not left feeling sad to say goodbye to these characters. It was just a good ending though and not the fireworks I think it could have been.