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Books by Holly Black
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
· published 2018 · read 2021-08-16
★★☆☆☆
Teenagers are pulled from their normal life to grow up with their half-sibling in Faerie. All the tropes included: no lies but lots of politics, cruel magic, muggle-baiting, beauty with sharp edges. The characters are pretty one-dimensional, and every twist is visible from half a book away. I liked how the protagonist made use of her ability to lie and the fae's tendency to not even suspect lies, but it's not enough to carry a book.