first book of the year!!! guys... ngl I actually went slightly insane about this one😅😅 no seriously like actually mad with addiction 😅😅 this is about jude, who is a teen human girl who lives in faerie because the dad of her half sister is fae so he came and murdered her parents and the takes in jude and her sisters and then like, is her dad 😳😳😳😳 insane. she actually has a terrible life cause the fae usually enslave humans and the book is basically about her getting bullied by this insane guy prince cardan ad his friends and she dreams about revenge and then she ends up getting entangled in some of the court politics and she ends up being a main player in deciding who will be the next monarch of faerie? by like tricking and deceptive shenanigans?? was this a good synopsis??? if you didn't see my story, my new years resolution is to put a synopsis for each book, I hope I get better at writing these as time goes on😅😅 anyway this was amazing. such an intricate world with incredibly well thought out lore. the character dynamics between all the characters are so interesting, the relationship she had with her sisters vs. madoc vs. balekin vs. cardan and just everyone ahhhhhhh. the politics of this story is so so interesting!! i thought that I didn't like political intrigue in fantasy but I think the books I was reading before were just doing it in a boring way!!! ugh this was awesome!! it was so so readable and addictive, there were multiple times where I was quite literally on the edge of my seat and audibly gasping! the start was great at setting the scene and everything but wow. that final 3rd of the book really made me adore it. this was so so awesome and if you're in to ya fantasy I'm begging you to read this, I can't wait to continue with this series!!! 4.5 stars!! subject to change once I read the rest of the books in the trilogy 🤑🤑