the show definitely made the correct choice by making this book the secondary story of the show, it has already got very repetitive and boring--certainly wouldn't have been able to carry a whole season as the main story.

Anyone else completely forgot Cardan has a tail? LMAO

I got The Cruel Prince in an Owlcrate box back in 2018, and it came with an author letter from Holly Black. I thought it could be fun to post it here!

Dear lovely Owlcrate readers, I love changeling stories. In Cruel Prince, Jude, a human being raised in Faerie by the guy who murdered her parents, is kind of a reverse changeling. She's not bound by the same rules as the faeries all around her, she's not a magical being who will live forever, she doesn't smell like crushed verbena, and she doesn't really have a post in the Court of the High King of Elfhame. What she does have is two sisters, a bad attitude, and a simmering hatred for the young prince of Faerie. Cruel Prince is kind of about moving & the trauma of new schools, it's kind of about dads and daughters, and about what becoming what we're most afraid of. It's about what makes a family, how we define ourselves, how we survive. And it's also a story about princes and plots and court intrigue and strategizing and sword fighting. I think it's my favorite thing I've ever written and I am so excited to share it with you. xoxo