"I try not to smile, but I've missed the rush of power that comes with playing a game like this, of strategy and cunning." Jude is a mortal girl living in a fairy world. She was brought there at a very early age after her now father figure murdered her real parents. Above all else, she desires power. She wants to fit in among the Folk and be more than a mere mortal. And there's isn't much she won't do to obtain that power. Cardan is a somewhat sinister prince of Faerie. He's hard to love and cares little for responsibility. When Jude, his long time nemesis, plops a crown on his head and makes him High King of Faerie to help her attain power he isn't exactly thrilled. But finding a place on the throne and getting to know Jude turns out to be exactly what he needs. The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King , and The Queen of Nothing make up Holly Black's Folk of Air series and it was a lot of fun to read. Like so many other well known YA fa...