Black’s latest looks at nature and nurture and spins a tale of court intrigue, bloodshed, and a truly messed-up relationship that might be the saving of Jude and the titular prince, who, like Jude, has been shaped by the cruelties of others. Brought up among the Gentry, Jude has never felt at ease, but after a decade, Faerie has become her home despite the constant peril.
Human Jude (whose brown hair curls and whose skin color is never described) both hates and loves Madoc, whose murderous nature is true to his Faerie self and who in his way loves her. Jude-broken, rebuilt, fueled by anger and a sense of powerlessness-has never recovered from watching her adoptive Faerie father murder her parents. Ronan and Declan are white and of Irish descent Hennessy is dark-skinned and English.īlack is back with another dark tale of Faerie, this one set in Faerie and launching a new trilogy. While most rewarding to readers of the original series (though they should prepare for brief-but-necessary pockets of summary throughout), the novel is accessible to new readers, too. Despite the scope, the narrative stays focused, drawing to a dramatic conclusion. The exquisitely painted characters and artful prose propel the plot, which is filled with satisfying twists and turns. This cast of characters, each with their own palpable desires, orbit one another until their paths come crashing together. Plus, government recruit Carmen Farooq-Lane aims to prevent the apocalypse by hunting down dreamers. Ronan’s older brother, Declan, works to keep his siblings safe at the expense of pursuing any passions of his own. Simultaneously, art forger and dreamer Hennessy seeks a solution to a life-threatening hitch in her powers. Ronan Lynch can pull objects from his dreams but as blowback from his powers complicates his life (including his relationship with Adam), Ronan follows cryptic clues from a voice in his dreams to learn the scope of his abilities. Dreams are reality and the apocalypse is nigh in this spinoff from the Raven Cycle series.
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