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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the gripping first installment in a breathtaking new series about a mortal girl entangled in the dangerous world of Faerie’s royal court.

I want to be like them. They are as fierce and brilliant as blades forged in divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan—more stunning than any of them—is the one I hate the most. I despise him so completely that sometimes, just looking at him steals my breath.

When Jude was seven, her parents were murdered, and she and her two sisters were taken from the human world to live in the perilous High Court of Faerie. Now, ten years later, Jude longs to belong in this world despite being mortal. But most of the fey detest humans—none more so than Prince Cardan, the cruel and reckless youngest son of the High King.

Determined to carve out a place for herself at court, Jude must defy him, even if it means facing the dangerous consequences. As she becomes entangled in the palace’s web of secrets and betrayals, she discovers a surprising talent for deception and violence. But with war threatening to consume the Courts of Faerie, Jude will have to put everything on the line—including her own life—to forge an uneasy alliance, protect her sisters, and save the world of Faerie itself.