Thought Train to Pusan

I’ve read a few of Holly Black’s other novels dealing with faeries which were alright but not bad, and hearing good things about The Cruel Prince , I figured it was worth a read! And it was quite an entertaining YA novel, though I can’t say that I loved it. The Cruel Prince begins with three young sisters living in the human world: two twins named Taryn and Jude, and an older sister who is actually half-human-half-fae named Vivienne (or Vivi). The three live with their mother and father, until the father of Vivi returns to bring his daughter back to the faerie world, and also takes the other two siblings with him. From there, we follow Jude at the age of 17, years after coming to the faerie world, and trying to find her place. It is a time of some unrest as a new King is rumored to soon be crowned, and while Jude wants nothing more than to be a knight, she soon finds herself embroiled in a world of intrigue and underground conspiracy. This story involves so...