Review:The Cruel Prince

Title: The Cruel Prince
Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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 hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

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 Holly Black is literally the type of author I want to be!! The Cruel Prince kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Jude was a really edgy, imperfect, relate-able  character and I really liked her. A girl with a heart who cares for her family and whatnot, but can also kill you and make serious threats.

The characters found in The Cruel Prince were intriguing as hell. The level of relationship drama, familial drama, and just general drama was intense and at at a level 10 nonstop.  Seriously the relationships between characters are also fascinating, especially the family dynamics. I would love to get a pov from Taryan,she dull compared to Jude,but the way she rationalized what she did must have been something to read. Gah and the romance that was included in the book was twisty and turny and you never know what anyone's intentions are. I loved it!! I honestly have so much to say about this book but I struggle to do this with out spoilers.So one of the last things I will say is that The Cruel Prince was wild from start to finish.

That cover is gorgeous!! I really dig the gold color scheme and how dramatic it looks.This book has a cliffhanger ending that puts all other cliffhanger endings to shame. I can't read what happens next in The Wicked King!!! 5/5

Theme of the Day: Holly Black

So it hasn't been quite that long since my last theme of the day, however it has been a while.With that being said I thought I would do a theme day about Holly Black since I've just read to books by her fairly recently. If you have read any thing by her I suggests you do. Holly Black is the type other author that put on you automatic book buy list.

Title:The Darkest Part of the Forest
Author: Holly Black

Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.

Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.

At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.

Until one day, he does…

The Cover: Not going to lie that cover is one part eerie as hell,one part totally gorgeous and completely eye catching.

My Thoughts: The Darkest Part of The Forest was a wild ride from start to finish,I could not put the books down.At the end of the book I put it down and instantly wanted to reread it. There was a fairytale-like atmosphere throughout the whole thing that I really digged. The main character, Hazel, is a brave girl who tries to fight the evil fae with her brother and it's not really smooth sailing at all.I would definitetly recommend this book to everyone. 5/5 



Title:The Coldest Girl In Coldtown

Author: Holly Black

Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave.


One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself.

The Cover: It's pretty simple,pretty creepy,and real eye catching. It truly fits with the story.
My Thoughts:It's starts off with a bang and keeps on going.The Coldest Girl In ColdTown will keep you guessing as the characters deal with having to make some questionable choices.Despite starting off with a bang, the book is a bit slow at parts and kinda drags but like it definitely picks up speed after a while. Overall it wasn't a bad book, I definitely enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't one of my favorites.2.5/5

Review:Fragile Eternity

Title: Fragile Eternity
Author: Melissa Marr

Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone - but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he'd ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen.

Aislinn never expected to rule the very creatures who'd always terrified her - but that was before Keenan. He stole her mortality to make her a monarch, and now she faces challenges and enticements beyond any she'd ever imagined.


In Melissa Marr's third mesmerizing tale of Faerie, Seth and Aislinn struggle to stay true to themselves and each other in a milieu of shadowy rules and shifting allegiances, where old friends become new enemies and one wrong move could plunge the Earth into chaos

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I think out of all the Wicked Lovely books Fragile Eternity and Radiate Shadows are my favorites. Ink Exchange was nice but it was more of a fun side step then continuation.

Fragile Eternity begins where Ink Exchange ends. In Fragile Eternity Seth goes on a journey to be closer to Ash, despite the presence of Keenen and the approach of Summer. Honestly the choice he makes is not unexpected, but the ending did take me by surprise.I loved it. Aislinn is a bit od a mess in this book to honest.She reminded me of Bella in New Moon when Edward left her..yes Ash got that low.What I did love is the deepening friendship between Seth and Niall. Niall is one of my favorite characters, even after he became the Dark Court's King. To know one's surprise Keenen continues to be a fairly unlikable character to me..seriously even when I think hmm maybe he's not so bad he does ridiculous things.

The cover is pretty awesome!! Just like the Wicked Lovely cover there is a girl in the background who is out of focus and there is something in the front(in this case a buttefly) is  in the forefront.Its quite a pretty cover.Fragile Eternity was an excellent book to read and I world highly suggest other to check it out. 3/5

Review:Wicked Lovely

Title: Wicked Lovely
Author: Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperTeen

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty - especially if they learn of her Sight - and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.

Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.

Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.
But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King, who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost — regardless of her plans or desires.

Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.

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 The Wicked Lovely series is one of my favorites and every now and then I'll get the urge to reread the whole series and it never gets old.Last Time I reread the series was last year and now months later for the third time I find myself being pulled  in to The Wicked Lovely world all over again. With all that being said I definitely didn't remember the series to be so melodramatic.

The books main character is Aislinn who has the ability to see faeries(fey) and so far by following a strict set of rules she has avoided their attention.Then bam out of nowhere the fey are everywhere. There are four characters narrating the story. Aislinn is one, Keenan another, Donia who is the last girl who touched the winter staff and got consumed by the frost and now she's the winter girl, and lastly, Seth, Aislinn's boyfriend of sorts.All the characters are pretty likable but at times I was over Keenan and his stalking ways.The book was pretty quick paced and kept your attention for the most part.

 I liked the concept of the book and the ideas behind the faeries mythology Marr created.She created a captivating world filled with high stakes and cool fairy lore.The cover is quite lovely I enjoy how the girl in the background is out of focus and the frosted flower is in the forefront.Melissa Marr is one of my favorite authors and would definitely recommend Wicked Lovely to my friends. 3/5