The Cruel Prince: ★★★★
The Queen of Nothing: ★★★★

All hail Holly Black, Queen of Cliffhangers! We bow down

In a truly shocking turn of events, I'm giving The Wicked King 5 stars??

Here I was, going around saying that I was totally satisfied with the ending of The Cruel Prince and didn't feel a sequel was necessary. AND BOY WAS I WRONG. WOW. I loved this, every last second of it. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, literally gasping "oh bitch you better not!" at the plot twist at the end, still absolutely Shook while writing this.

I cannot believe she went there, but I'm so glad she did. The title is so fitting that it's causing me physical pain

I can't remember if I mentioned this in my review for the first book, or in my review video for The Cruel Prince, but my main (actually, only) reason for reading the sequels was because I want to see some twisted shit between Jude and Cardan, and my girl DELIVERED. I have never read a pairing that hated each other so much as these two do and it's so addictive! I barely even care about the main plot, or the drama with Locke and Taryn and Madoc and whoever else Jude has managed to piss off. I just want the betrayals, the scheming, and all those delicious lies and secrets winding their way around these two in the most complicated web that you know is going to end in disaster. That's exactly what I'm here for and it's done so well. Ugh why did I wait so long to read this series!

Highkey would have started The Queen of Nothing right now, but my I'm still waiting for my copy to come in the mail. Come on Book Depository, don't leave me hanging like this!