Name: ELFENTHRON
Rating: 4.38912579957356 (3283 reviews)
ISBN: 9783570165294

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ELFENTHRON

A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author. He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .

The Folk of the Air #3

The Queen of Nothing

kitkat

Me gusto mucho 💗😭 aqui la fase lovers se nota skdnfkmd aunque es verdad qu creo que en lo que es el plot no se compara con los otros libros pero Jude Duarte my girlboss my woman my love ♥️ 

In this thrilling conclusion to the Faerie fantasy trilogy, Jude realises that Cardan will always be the more powerful. To escape him, she will have to leave behind everything she knows and everything she has worked for ...

my deepest gratitude to my good friend ishi for recommending this book series. i love being immersed in the world you cherish so dearly. i love jude duarte for her fearlessness, cardan greenbriar for his gentle soul, the duarte family for holding onto each other and saving one another despite it all, and the court of shadows for the quiet warmth of their camaraderie. i love being delightfully lost in a story again, letting every emotion unfold. onto the next adventure, shall we?

gianna

It keeps getting better! I loved book three. It's great to see the character's step into their roles as we progress and we learn more about them. I really like that this isn't a smutty book, the romance is the side plot for a change! 

Saffia

୨ৎ : "to you, i offer honey wine and the hospitality of my table. but to traitors and oath breakers, i offer my queens hospitality instead. the hospitality of knives."

i wish jude got to see carden’s letters because for the first like 60% of the book she truly thought carden didn’t care about her. which made me want to strangle her through the pages. 

the ending was absolutely perfect, she saved him despite believing he would die, and carden knew he’d save her despite everything. i just love them so fucking much and i’m so glad they got their well deserved ending.

*** updated: i forgot how much i missed this world. nothing will ever compare to them. i need this trilogy injected into my veins thats all. *** 

୨ৎ : "to you, i offer honey wine and the hospitality of my table. but to traitors and oath breakers, i offer my queens hospitality instead. the hospitality of knives."

— ☆ 5/5

i wish jude got to see carden’s letters because for the first like 60% of the book she truly thought carden didn’t care about her. which made me want to strangle her through the pages. 
the ending was absolutely perfect, she saved him despite believing he would die, and carden knew he’d save her despite everything. i just love them so fucking much and i’m so glad they got their well deserved ending.

*** updated: i forgot how much i missed this world. nothing will ever compare to them. i need this trilogy injected into my veins thats all. *** 

i love how you can never see what direction the plot is going. like cardan getting absorbed into a snake? that was sick. i love how there wasnt an instant fix between cardan & jude, it felt realistic and the way it wrapped up was great :-)

Cut straight to the point, thankfully, as that was an issue i had with the other two books. Anyway, heather, they can never make me hate you. I liked the addition she had to this novel and the greater reach of how the mortal world intertwines with the faerie world. Jude  completely going through ego death, and yk what, still getting her work doneee. 

I liked how this book emphasized the difference taryn and jude were treated not only by madoc and oriana (good) but by the rest of the world (at least worse than jude was when she had real power) I think it really kicks in that reminder on why jude wanted power in the first place and why taryn acts so coddled. Because while jude has obviously aged mentally between the events of book 1 and 2 because of the swift change of her environment and relationships, taryn has not. She practically stayed the same because she had the same role in the two books.

It also uses Heather to show how vivi isn’t human and how she doesn’t understand how humans think. Jude says how the faeries are very straightforward and how vivi interprets heather’s words and doesn’t argue and just blindly agrees shows that.

also it brought up the concept that jude doesn’t trust herself, even when being crowned queen last book, when she gets banished she doesn’t trust herself as queen and cardan not to betray her so she takes the banishment without considering the loophole.

and cardan, poor guy is getting absolutely obliterated by jude for a misunderstanding (also him keeping the snow globe vivi got him is so cutie).  im sorry for ever doubting your game cardan because the amount of time he repeats jude is his wife or stands up for judes disrespect when he doesn’t really when its himself (in this book, there has been instances in the last books where he def overreacted or smth but im just speaking abt this book here)and they upped his sarcasm game and i love it.

chapters 13-15 were amazing, i lovee battle scenes that have so much more embedded into them. I am a sucker for character dynamics. I felt like this was a reunion and ever other line i was grinning ear to ear at what was unfolding in-front of me while also being very sad over some of the decisions made.

I also like how we see the characters grow into their positions. We really see jude become more sure of herself and simultaneously become a bit more ruthless. She lets her mortality that everybody sees as a weakness as a strength. And it’s really nice to see as a kind of closer to the series. Cardan also seems to grow, while jude becomes unapologetic like he was (but also not for no reason  of course) cardan in this book seems a lot more diplomatic, and it’s really nice to see. 

The ending of this book is so satisfying too. My only “issue” is that i wish it was a little longer, but really i dont want that too much either. And the epilogue is so sweet, who would i be to complain.

side note: i would love a novella of jude being absolutely insane in the mortal world.

melanie

Cut straight to the point, thankfully, as that was an issue i had with the other two books. Anyway, heather, they can never make me hate you. I liked the addition she had to this novel and the greater reach of how the mortal world intertwines with the faerie world. Jude  completely going through ego death, and yk what, still getting her work doneee. 

I liked how this book emphasized the difference taryn and jude were treated not only by madoc and oriana (good) but by the rest of the world (at least worse than jude was when she had real power) I think it really kicks in that reminder on why jude wanted power in the first place and why taryn acts so coddled. Because while jude has obviously aged mentally between the events of book 1 and 2 because of the swift change of her environment and relationships, taryn has not. She practically stayed the same because she had the same role in the two books.

It also uses Heather to show how vivi isn’t human and how she doesn’t understand how humans think. Jude says how the faeries are very straightforward and how vivi interprets heather’s words and doesn’t argue and just blindly agrees shows that.

also it brought up the concept that jude doesn’t trust herself, even when being crowned queen last book, when she gets banished she doesn’t trust herself as queen and cardan not to betray her so she takes the banishment without considering the loophole.

and cardan, poor guy is getting absolutely obliterated by jude for a misunderstanding (also him keeping the snow globe vivi got him is so cutie).  im sorry for ever doubting your game cardan because the amount of time he repeats jude is his wife or stands up for judes disrespect when he doesn’t really when its himself (in this book, there has been instances in the last books where he def overreacted or smth but im just speaking abt this book here)and they upped his sarcasm game and i love it.

chapters 13-15 were amazing, i lovee battle scenes that have so much more embedded into them. I am a sucker for character dynamics. I felt like this was a reunion and ever other line i was grinning ear to ear at what was unfolding in-front of me while also being very sad over some of the decisions made.

I also like how we see the characters grow into their positions. We really see jude become more sure of herself and simultaneously become a bit more ruthless. She lets her mortality that everybody sees as a weakness as a strength. And it’s really nice to see as a kind of closer to the series. Cardan also seems to grow, while jude becomes unapologetic like he was (but also not for no reason  of course) cardan in this book seems a lot more diplomatic, and it’s really nice to see. 

The ending of this book is so satisfying too. My only “issue” is that i wish it was a little longer, but really i dont want that too much either. And the epilogue is so sweet, who would i be to complain.

side note: i would love a novella of jude being absolutely insane in the mortal world.

The best book in the series so good I I love the story the plot so much it’s the most amazing thing ever

i thought some parts of this book were a little anticlimactic but regardless i really enjoyed the ending and i’m gonna miss the characters

ELFENTHRON Die Elfenkrone-Reihe 03

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