The Wicked King

The Folk of the Air, Book 2

De: Holly Black

Narrado por: Caitlin Kelly

The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times best-selling novel The Cruel Prince.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked King Cardan to her and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.

©2019 Holly Black (P)2019 Hachette Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A stunning and compelling sequel." (SLJ, starred review)

"The Wicked King has satisfying twists and turns, sizzling passions, brutal violence, spies and revels of all sorts - no one brings the intricate courtly politics of Faerie to life quite as well, or with as much intelligence, as Holly Black." (Shelf Awareness, starred review)

"A heady blend of courtly double-crossing, Faerie lore, and toxic attraction swirls together in the sequel to THE CRUEL PRINCE.... Black's writing is both contemporary and classic; her world is, at this point, intensely well-realized, so that some plot twists seem almost inevitable." (Kirkus, starred review)

Nothing is ever what it seems... or is it?

Holly Black sets a high bar for YA authors with this masterful series. Few authors can make the second book as compelling as the first. Few authors can write a trilogy where most of the characters are pretty terrible "people," and yet the story seems all the better for it. Few authors can end each book in a way that can be interpreted as a cliffhanger... or not.

There are plot twists that you see coming combined with ones you'll never guess. You may know the what, but she's very good at throwing you an unexpected how something happens.

As for these murderers, maniacs, and malicious, manipulative monsters... well, you don't need to like them to understand them or, at times, empathize with them. For example, many of us know a girl like Taryn, someone who will do anything to get and keep her man, and that man is kind of a jerk, but she'll say he's good to her... she'll let herself be fooled or look the other way, she'll put him above all else. She gets from you empathy with a dash of pity and a smidge of disgust.

Jude is an anti-heroine through and through, yet, some of her experiences in this book... well, you wouldn't wish them on your worst enemy.

In the end, the one who was supposed to be the worst of all is the one you root for. You begin to suspect his cruelty is a facade, or, has been replaced with... something else. You wait in anticipation for him to realize it. You think he is manipulative, and he is, but who is he really manipulating and why. I believe Cardan is not at all what he seems.

The ending of this book is both shocking and expected. Once you read it, you'll know what I mean. You will sit. You will process all that happened. You will look at the ending, and you will know there is more to the story. After all... there's still book 3. Your pulse begins to race, but your heart shatters all the same because even as you realize this is not the end... you know it will be another year before you reach it. Even then you will be sad because no matter the ending, these are characters you won't want to let go.

loved it!!

This is really great book and the narrator is amazing! The narrator really makes you feel like your in the story and does an awesome job with her voices for all the characters.

WOW

I can say that this is my favorite book so far of 2019. #JUDE DUARTE

I wish I could give this book billion stars.

So tremendously in love with this exquisite story and the treachery of it all. There has not been a book that has wound its way around my entire existence in *so* long. I'm enriched by the world-building, every single storyline twist and the power of Jude Duarte's resilience.

The depth of Cardan and Jude's bond just lures me deeper and deeper into pure obsession. I'm utterly addicted to the wicked beauty of their unlikely entanglement.

Those last chapters made me burst inside with adoration and complete shock. Cardan, I love you, but also, HOW DARE YOU?

Is it November 19th yet?

How am I supposed to wait for book 3?

This story was great. I honestly thought the narrator was one of the best I've heard since my recent start of listening to audio books. I should have waited to listen though, because I have no idea how I'm to wait for book 3?!? Holly Black is an amazingly talented author and I fully recommend this series in either book or audio format.

Dang!!!

What a book! What a second book!! All I can say is dang and I’m glad I listened.

I just love the writing!!

I've have waited a whole year for this book and I'm not disappointed. Thank you Holly Black for the awesome read!
I was a bit nervous going in because I read some negative reviews... I don't understand it!
This book is so much better than the first one...where all characters were a bit awful and hard to like. But the writing was so good that I had to read the second...and I'm so glad I did. In this installment you will understand why the main characters are the way they are.
I hope Holly will continue to grow the characters and give them a better future. Looking forward to the third book. ❤️

Obsessed

The story and the narration are beyond enjoyment! A must read/hear for fantasy lovers!

really really good! can't wait for the next one.

awesome book! don't want to give anything away. fantastic! so much to love. and that ending was brutal!

In love

Black does a fantastic job at surprising and twisting the story when you least expect. Forever on my toes and drawing me further and further into the story!