The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2)

Number 1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Best YA Fantasy category in the Goodreads Choice Awards. An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Cruel Prince, nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019. "Holly Black is the Faerie Queen" - Victoria Aveyard.

I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear. Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all.

Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Her titles include the Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare), and the Folk of the Air series, which begins with The Cruel Prince in 2018, nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019, and winner of the Silver Inky for best International YA book. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award, the Mythopoeic Award, and a Newbery Honor. She lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door.