El Principe Cruel - Holly Black.epub May 2026

: At age seven, Jude Duarte and her sisters, Taryn and Vivienne, witness the brutal murder of their parents by the fae general Madoc. He abducts them to the High Court of Faerie to raise them as his own, a "terrifying honor" that forces Jude to live alongside the man who slaughtered her family.

: Jude is caught between a human identity she barely remembers and a fae world that refuses to accept her. Her arc is a journey of defining herself through her own ruthless actions rather than the status granted by birth. Key Figures El principe cruel - Holly Black.epub

: Since the fae cannot lie, they master "twisted words, pranks, omissions, and riddles" to deceive. Jude uses her literal lying ability to outmaneuver immortal beings who underestimate her human mind. : At age seven, Jude Duarte and her