The Wicked King
By Holly Black
- Release Date: 2019-01-08
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction for Young Adults
Description
The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince finds Jude in a fight for power as a human within the Faerie world.
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 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.
Reviews
Great plot
4By dilfhuntermadieThe details that come into play are very crucial and make you truly think. The plot is well thought out with so many twists and turns. Only suggestion or thing that had me a bit off to not put 5 stars would be that the rules and key elements of how the land and such work is not r brought up until the moment it is needed. I feel the framework of the rules and creatures and such should be layer outright and dragged in for what ever necessary and not brought up mid event and never explained.Amazing 👌👌👌
5By Gigi alukoThe book starts slow but the end is epic I love this book so much💋💋💋💋OOOOH
5By GawismTHE ENDING NOOAMAZING!!
5By B_Books33Such a good book!! ❤️ THE BETRAYALS 😭. YES BETRAYALS PLURAL!! Loved all the plot twists! Taryn and Locke are still so ANNOYING 😒. Jude and Cardan are so swoon worthy ❤️. UNTIL THE END!!! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNSO MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST
5By Alondra_xiI struggled with getting invested in the first book and debated even buying the second... i do NOT regret it. This is so much better, i didn't even realize i finished the book UNTIL I DID. bought the 3rd alrwsdy 🙏🙏Again, Great Cliffhanger
3By adina allenSo the King wasn’t Wicked, so much as not great at his job. The interesting relationship dynamics remain. A really great part is when Jude says to her foster dad, “You aren’t my father. You are the murderer of my father,” and he replies, “I am both.” Spoiler: I like how she felt a sense of responsibility for her Cardanthough and that she trusted him in the end. I loved how they got together, and the cliffhanger was pretty great.ouch
5By nikki.leannneso painfully good.This book was a NO
2By slayfuUninteresting plot and unlikable characters especially Jude. I HATED this book.DANG
5By 123LOOoLPoor jude got betrayed multiple times in the span of 2 months😔SO GOODDD
5By linnnnn!!!I love this series smIn love with this series
5By folkoftheairfanLove the suspense and plot twists. Thought it couldn’t get any better than the first book.Best book in the series
5By Eli WeedIt was so good I swear I’ve read at least 10 timesThe Wicked King
5By LeleC05Love this series!10/10
5By precjecss nfzWow just freaking wow THIS IS THE ONLY PROPER ENIMES TO LOVERS BOOK WRITTEN EVER HONESTLY PLEASE READ THIS SERIESBest book in the trilogy!!!
5By Yumna HyathNot a lot if people would consider the second book in this series the best. Of course, The Cruel Prince is considered the best in the series. But I truly found The Wicked King being my favorite! All the books in the series had such amazing writing you’d fall in love. But The Wicked King was probably on another level. With the cliffhanger in The Cruel Prince, this book was so much more enjoyable. The plot was everything!!! I loved the surprise in the end and all the crazy events happening in the end it caught me by surprise and I loved it. A lot of people would say that with all these things being thrown at you by surprise causes the book to be ‘rushed’, I personally think that with all these it’s supposed to surprise the reader. 🚨SPOILERS🚨 I’m not completely sure if this happened in The Queen of Nothing or The Wicked King (be aware I’m writing this review months after reading the series) but oh well, when The Ghost was like “I served Prince Dain not you” I DIED LIKE OMGGGGG I THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS SO COOL WHAT AND HE DOES THING HELP ME I honestly loved how that popped up, its like a “We’re chill while giving highly dangerous/confidential information.” Obsessed! Once again forgive me if this is in The Queen of Nothing and not this book, but Taryn is the most annoying person ever I’m not gonna even bother using caps for her. I was so close to throwing a chair at her and forcing Addison Rae to defeat Vecna for her. SPOILERS FREE Okay, running away from all of that, this book was overall amazing and one of my bess reads, if you’re considering continuing the series don’t even consider just read this book!!!!! Trust me it might end up being your favorite in the series. Thank you Holly Black for creating such an amazing trilogy and characters that will remain rent free in my heart P.S. Don’t listen to the bad reviews (they’re lying)😉Jude’s Narrating is Monotonous
4By HolobootyI liked The Cruel Prince a lot! I enjoyed Jude’s story, she was witty even in between dialogues. I even grew to like Cardan. Pacing of the story was good. But in The Wicked King I found myself losing connection with most of the characters, and the story. Jude isn’t funny or relatable anymore. She’s a bratty, selfish, power hungry kid. Cardan lacks personality. Actually all the characters in the story have less color. Except for Roach. I liked him. But the worst part is Jude’s thoughts in-between dialogue. It’s not realistic, and it’s repetitive, as if the reader needs to be reminded of the plot every other page. There are a few good pages, like the flashback scene in the beginning, but for the most part, unlike book 1, book 2 didn’t resonate. Hoping I get different feels in the next books.Unwordable. I can't explain.
5By Unstoppable OneI'm stuck in shock confusion and mad. The whole book was enjoyable, it was like a movie, read it. 😅 still in shock, I'm interested in the next one!! What a beautiful book..this trilogy needs to be made a movie
4By yourcoolflipperamazingly consistent lore, great storylines and sufficient amount of romanceAbsolutely loved it!
3By TchrislorI love how everything came together in The Wicked King! So so good! Cardan is definitely my favorite character.!
