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A review by theromantasynerd
The Folk of the Air: 3 Books Collection Set by Holly Black
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
My favorite YA Fantasy Series ❤️! Ah…I’ve been wanting to review it for the longest time now.
‘The Folk of the Air Trilogy’ by Holly Black follows Jude Duarte, a mortal girl who strives to find her place amongst the magical Fey. Unlike her twin-sister Taryn, who aspires to ascend the ranks by marrying a nobleman, Jude wants to make her own place in the High Court of Faerie as a member of the Royal Guard. But she soon realizes that in order to survive she needs to be as cunning and deceitful as the Fey themselves and that the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal.
This series is such a refreshing read after all those boring and overused plot lines based on the ‘chosen one’. This is nothing like it, Jude isn’t ‘special’ by any means, yet she is smart and adamant enough to struggle and make her presence felt. Don’t be deceived by the childish names of the books - ‘The Cruel Prince’, ‘The Wicked King’ and ‘Queen of Nothing’ - there’s magic, love, betrayal, scheming and conspiracy running deep through the pages of this series.
The writing is AMAZING! It’s a first-person narrative from the POV of the protagonist, Jude, yet you never get to know what’s going on in her mind! Jude keeps telling you what she feels and what she’s thinking at the moment. You think you’ve got it and then she surprises you with a move you never saw coming. The innumerable unpredictable twists in this series are bound to leave you awestruck.
Another reason why I love this series is that this breaks the stigma that fantasy books are unnecessarily long. Each book in this series is only about 350 pages long and there are only 3 books here, yet there’s so much going on that the storyline is no less than that of a saga!
‘The Folk of the Air Trilogy’ by Holly Black follows Jude Duarte, a mortal girl who strives to find her place amongst the magical Fey. Unlike her twin-sister Taryn, who aspires to ascend the ranks by marrying a nobleman, Jude wants to make her own place in the High Court of Faerie as a member of the Royal Guard. But she soon realizes that in order to survive she needs to be as cunning and deceitful as the Fey themselves and that the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal.
This series is such a refreshing read after all those boring and overused plot lines based on the ‘chosen one’. This is nothing like it, Jude isn’t ‘special’ by any means, yet she is smart and adamant enough to struggle and make her presence felt. Don’t be deceived by the childish names of the books - ‘The Cruel Prince’, ‘The Wicked King’ and ‘Queen of Nothing’ - there’s magic, love, betrayal, scheming and conspiracy running deep through the pages of this series.
The writing is AMAZING! It’s a first-person narrative from the POV of the protagonist, Jude, yet you never get to know what’s going on in her mind! Jude keeps telling you what she feels and what she’s thinking at the moment. You think you’ve got it and then she surprises you with a move you never saw coming. The innumerable unpredictable twists in this series are bound to leave you awestruck.
Another reason why I love this series is that this breaks the stigma that fantasy books are unnecessarily long. Each book in this series is only about 350 pages long and there are only 3 books here, yet there’s so much going on that the storyline is no less than that of a saga!