FOLK OF THE AIR03 QUEEN OF NOTHING: 3 Paperback – 24 November 2020

Well waited with so much anticipation it was inevitable to be a disappointment in some way.maybe readers set high standards as the books proceed until grand finale.iam not entirely disappointed with storyline hence 4stars.the story is too fast paced,short in terms of pages doesn't satisfy the thirst like the first 2books.it left me wanting.readers feelings are still left wanting another 50 pages to be satisfied.hope she writes another small book.the emotional time bw cardan and Jude are wanting,feels like so many things are unexplained.there is no explanation about what happens to Jude's mortality,her powers as queen not detailed does it progress,does she become immortal ,more powerful? So many questions unanswered.i read it nonstop thru the night,finished it in 4-5hrs flat.i need second reading to see if I missed anything or the writer missed detailing.hopefully my second reading may quench my thirst.hopefully she wil release a small epilogue book like the lost sisters.keeping my fingers crossed.

Book Title: The book title is absolutely appropriate to the story.Book Cover: The cover is symbolic and understood when you read the story.My review:      After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. But when her twin sister shows up and asks for help to cover up a murder, the opportunity is too irresistible to pass for it is a chance to meet Cardan and seek revenge and answers for betrayal. Only there's an evil lurking and ready to strike with one wrong move to dethrone Cardan as the king of Elfhame. When a dark curse is unveiled, Jude must become the first mortal Queen of Faerie and uncover how to break the curse, or risk upsetting the balance of the whole Faerie world.      The end of this trilogy blew me off my game. After the way book two was concluded, I had mixed feelings towards Cardan. But this book made me absolutely fall in love with him. Jude was my hero for book 2 but book 3 for me goes to Cardan! He manifested himself to be a cruel and carless ruler but all the while he was dec+++ful and a clever king! I loved how during his was so formidable and always scheming ways to save Jude.      Jude was always a force to be reckoned with and I was pretty impressed that even through the tough exterior she managed to show her vulnerability and lower her guards down for Cardan. I also enjoyed the fight she had with Grima Mog. Grima Mog is another character who I admired. She was positively wicked and loyal! Also, Madoc served as a formidable  opponent and I really respect that! The end of the series is so perfectly executed that I definitely need to applaud the author!      This series is plotted so cleverly and it's wicked, delicious and will give you all the feels! I breezed through book  3 and I loved how fast paced it was. If epic battle scenes, w++ strategies, spying, flirting while strategizing your next move in a war room, amazing costume, love-h++e back and forth is your thing -pick this series pronto!Final VerdictTitle: 4/5Cover: 5/5Plot:5/5Characters:5/5Language and Vocabulary: 4.5/5Final overall rating: 5 /5

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black is third and last book in Folks of the Air Series. I must say this book Soo good.First of all what I love Everybody got what they deserve. Coming to the Characters, Jude is my Queen from the beginning. I adore her from the moment I read the first book. There's no reason to hate her. About Cardan, Oh MY GOD I love him even more in this book. He is the true king. Cardan and Jude are perfect together 😍.The plot of the book is astonishing. Along with the plot I love all the characters of the book. Just like other two books you won't be able to put this book down. This book surely unpredictable and full of suspense and politics.I would highly recommend to all those who fantasy books.

This revolved around Jude coming back from her exile, finding the scheme of her father to get the crown, and being the true queen of Elfhame.The story was about scheming, deception, betrayal, curse, political intrigue, power game, family drama, and love.The plot was action-packed, perfectly tight, and full of surprise from the beginning.Characters were best part of the book. Author wrote both Jude and Cardan so cleverly. It was amazing to see them both develop into perfect duo. What surprised me most was side characters.The relationship between Jude and Cardan was lovely. Their confession of love for each other was perfect. I could read it over and over and never get tired of it. I also enjoyed complex family relationships in this.There were many such amazing twists and turns but best of all was in climax.Overall, The Queen of Nothing was brilliant, fascinating, fast paced, flawlessly written YA fantasy with a mindblowing plot and characters.I highly recommend this if you like,royal politics and great scheminglots of twists and turnscomplex plotCurse and prophecyStrong heroineenemies-to-lovers arc

Damn, the end to this awesome trilogy was everything I expected it to be and more. Cardan is such an adorable mess and Jude is such a fierce woman and I loved the both of them and their snark and love.

Got this stunning book in perfect condition. The cover is so pretty! *heart eyes* and as for the story, Holly Black didn’t disappoint us with the ending. Although this is my least favourite book in the series, i thoroughly enjoyed it. A must read. Would recommend this to everyone.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE LETTERS CARDAN WROTE TO JUDE!? AND THE FACT THAT SHE NEVER GOT TO READ THEM MAKES ME SO ANGRY! THE WAY HE LOVES HER, OH MY HEART 💜I WILL ADD THAT IT LEFT ME WANTING FOR MORE JUDECARDAN AND I'M HOLDING HOLLY TO THAT, WE NEED THAT CARDAN NOVELLA! 📑

The Queen of Nothing has been one of my most anticipated releases of the year ever since its publication date was moved from January 2020 to November 2019, and I’m pleased to say it didn’t disappoint!Now exiled from the land of Faerie, despite being its High Queen, Jude is attempting to live her life in the mortal world with her older sister, Vivi, and their little brother Oak, taking on some odd jobs for other fae who dwell in the mortal world. When her sister Taryn turns up on their doorstep with some surprising news requesting Jude’s help, she can’t help but be pulled back towards Faerie and the place she considers home.Naturally, because it’s Jude, chaos ensues.It was so satisfying to see Taryn finally come into her own in this book, and for Jude, Taryn and Vivi to be a supportive little coven of sisters. I did spend a lot of the novel, much like Jude, nervous that Taryn might betray her again, but Taryn has finally found her own voice in this third and final book and no longer needs Locke and Madoc to make her decisions for her by using her. Seeing the three sisters finally working together was one of my favourite things about this book.But I can’t deny that I also loved all the scenes that Jude and Cardan shared. I don’t know what it is about this series that works for me because Cardan should be the kind of YA love interest I hate, but he and Jude are like two sides of the same coin and they just work. Cardan is a lot softer in this book than he’s been in the previous books, but given the glimpse into his past we’re given right at the beginning of this novel I think that makes sense and, to be honest, Cardan is the softer character out of him and Jude.That’s probably hard to believe in The Cruel Prince, when he and his friends are so darn mean, but Jude straight-up murders people throughout this series (and it’s awesome) whereas a lot of Cardan’s behaviour is a kind of armour he’s had to build up because of the world and family he’s been born into. I find him really interesting – he reminds me a little of Baz from Carry On, who’s also a secret soft mess under his layers of venom – and I enjoyed all of his scenes a lot.That doesn’t mean this book isn’t without its problems and I have a feeling it’s going to be a fairly polarising finale not because of its ending or anything, but because of the way we get to that ending. Like the other books in this trilogy, The Queen of Nothing moves along at quite a fast pace and there are plenty of moments that could have been drawn out or questions that could have been answered.For example, I thought we might learn a bit more about Jude’s parents, particularly her mother, and I’m surprised Cardan’s mother didn’t play a bigger part in the book. Then again, their stories have never really been the point of this trilogy. We can dive into the kinds of mothers they were all we like, but what really matters is how their parenting has left Jude and Cardan the way they are. Not only that but, in Jude’s case, the parent who’s had the most impact on her is Madoc; it’s Madoc who, for better or worse, has turned Jude into the scheming Slytherin queen she is.In a way I quite liked that Cardan’s mother teased Jude with the stories she could tell Jude about her own mother’s behaviour, but Jude never rises to that bait. Maybe one day she’ll learn more about her mother in her own time but, ultimately, Jude has got to where she is through her own blood, sweat and tears, and she doesn’t need stories about anyone who’s come before her to validate her. I kind of love that.I could see where the plot was going from fairly early on and I could guess the solution to the novel’s major problem straight away, but, honestly, I didn’t care. This series is just so much fun to read; these books are like popcorn, sweet and salty and moreish, and I’ve read this whole trilogy this year purely and simply to be swept away somewhere else and entertained. This final book continued to do that for me, and I really enjoyed it!I can’t even say I’m sad this series has now come to an end because a story arc has come to a close and it felt like a fitting ending, even if we did get to that ending a lot more easily than I expected, but I would love to see Holly Black write more books set in the world of Faerie because her world-building in this trilogy is one of my favourite things about it.

Eu amei tanto esse livro, meu deus! Não tem nem como descrever direito! Sei bem de alguns pequenos defeitos que ele tem, mas li de uma só vez, numa euforia sem ar e sem cabimento que, afinal, é tudo que importa! Sentia muita falta de ler um livro assim e foi uma escolha perfeita para o final do ano! Não existe sensação melhor do que a que eu senti durante a segunda metade inteira do livro! Por isso, ele entrou para os meus favoritos e é claro que eu dei cinco estrelas.Tem outra razão para eu não ter diminuído a nota, afinal. Não considero seus defeitos fatais, nem os considero sérios o suficiente para tirar a qualidade do livro. Um deles, aliás, é um defeito da trilogia toda: as coisas acontecem um pouco rápido demais. Isso é uma coisa boa na maior parte do tempo, já que tudo muda bastante e não tem nem uma página de história parada. Ao mesmo tempo, talvez seria bacana se a autora tivesse descoberto um jeito de não deixar tão rápido assim. Não precisava demorar realmente em nada, mas pelo menos diminuir um pouco essa velocidade.Minha segunda crítica é para como o verdadeiro clímax do livro foi 'solucionado'. Tem muita reviravolta, mas, quando ele aparece, não há dúvidas de que é o clímax. Eu amei muito o jeito que a autora o encarou, amei a atitude da Jude, achei tudo super lógico e incrível. Mas a solução foi rápida demais, fácil demais. Sei que nem tinha como a história se demorar logo depois do maior problema ser resolvido, isso não faria sentido, mas senti falta de umas páginas a mais com uma conversa ou uma cena mais intensa entre a Jude e o Cardan para fazer valer o final.Mas o fato é que eu amei todo o resto de um tanto, que isso mal importa! Quero reler agora desde o começo, do primeiro livro. Vi várias pessoas reclamando da história desse, mas acho que é só mais uma vez o fenômeno do fim atacando. Ou seja, sempre que é o último, é o final, a grande maioria das pessoas detestam, independente do que seja (série, filme, livro) e da qualidade real. Eu, em compensação, costumo gostar mais dos últimos, dos finais. Pode ser só problema em aceitar que coisas acabam e nem sempre é exatamente como você imaginou. Não tenho esse problema!O fato é que este livro me fez sentir coisas incríveis e eu vou amá-lo para sempre por isso.

I both loved and hated the end of this trilogy. The story was certainly the most gripping of the three and I finished the book in a matter of hours. I loved the pace and the way the story played out and Jude’s relentless energy.But there wasn’t enough Cardan for me. And I found the moments they were together a little less satisfying than I had hoped for. For some reason Cardan had changed immeasurably since Jude’s time in the mortal world. I found it strange how he was willing to be so honest and open with her virtually immediately after they had spent the first two books lying and twisting their words.Saying that I really enjoyed the ending and certainly didn’t see it coming. And it was a very satisfying conclusion to the end of the series.

First I’m going to give you my emotions – woop, oh, what, how, squeee, ugh, oh man, sigh, heart eyes, snake eyes, squirm. So yes, this is going to be a bit of a cluster of a review but it’s going to be spoiler-free and consequently, maybe vague.THE QUEEN OF NOTHING started off really well for me, I felt back with the crew I loved rather quickly and into the current events. The pace of this final instalment moved fast and I liked it. Jude in the human world, life continuing in the faerie world but predictably, those worlds crossed. From there, I had some pacing issues, I would love a number of chapters, then feel a bit bored for a few.I loved elements of this book but then I struggled with some plot developments. The bridle was a great plot device that…came to little. The snake was a great plot device that…I don’t know what that was. I loved the crown, I loved the throne and I loved Jude’s connection to the earth. So many exciting things but when that excitement didn’t come to fruition, I felt a bit disappointed.Jude and Carden had a different dynamic in this book and I am going to leave it there even though I want to say so much more. There was a hole missing and I am grateful I got to see the letters from the Barnes & Noble edition because that filled the hole up. That leaves me thinking why wasn’t that part of the main body of the story; I just don’t get it.I hope all that doesn’t sound too negative because overall this was read brought enjoyment and excitement with the frustration. I am happy with where the story ended up despite the fast wrap-up. I will look back at this series as a great one and a memorable one. I just wanted a bit more from this book."How do people like us take off our armor?One piece at a time."

This series is excellent and highly addictive. However, this book felt somewhat rushed considering it is the last in the trilogy. Important plot points were skipped over in a few lines (e.g. the very important question of Jude being mortal & ageing etc).Also, the author is very good at writing about intrigue & backstabbing, but she is terrible writing about battle. Some of the scenes felt so minimalistic and rushed over.Some of the character development feels unearned, and the most important, pivotal moment in this book (when Jude has to make a decision) is decided by whether or not she loves Carden.But there are so few scenes with Jude and Carden, that it is impossible to conclude anything from them. The central relationship, even though it decides the outcome of the plots/ book/ kingdom, at times feels like a side plot.Also, the premise of the opening few chapters is based around Jude’s exile. Yet we are supposed to believe that she is incredibly intelligent (more so than other characters) yet cannot solve an obvious “riddle”? Not even a riddle as it is phrased literally.Still, many of the scenes and dialogue were mesmerising, e.g. “I didn’t know I COULD hurt you” sums up a lot of character motivation/ dynamic.I agree with other reviewers that pacing feels off. Some of the chapters feel a bit light, and maybe the author could have spent more time developing the integrity and believability of the central relationship.Don’t even get me started on the ending... it is almost the equivalent of a story that ends with “and it was all a dream.” The author builds a convincing, compelling dark fairy tale for 3 books, only to end it in such a ridiculous and unearned way. It is an ending transplanted from a different book, a different story.So many plot points were unresolved. I agree with another reviewer that the book could have benefitted from dual perspective. Mainly it needed more scenes between Jude and Carden to make sense. The author isn’t writing a romance, but it feels fake to base a plot resolution on the romance without a strong relationship between the characters.One version of the novel was published with Carden’s letters to Jude, these are worth Googling as they fill in some blanks!