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Where The Cruel Prince sits
- Series
- Book 1 of The Folk of the Air. See all The Folk of the Air books in order
- The book before
- None. This is where the series starts.
- The book after
- The Wicked King
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- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against blackholly.com
What The Cruel Prince is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Jude, a mortal of seventeen, has spent ten years with her sisters in Faerie's High Court. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Jude, seventeen and mortal ... where she and her sisters have lived for a decade
- As she fights for a place in that dangerous court, she gets caught up in palace plots. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court
Topics in this book
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Genres
Story types
Topics
- Courts and courtiers
- Fairies
- Orphans
- Princes
- Sisters
Book type
- Novel
Reading ages
- Young Adult
Other books in The Folk of the Air
3 books listed so far
- Book 2: The Wicked King
- Book 3: The Queen of Nothing
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