The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the brand new York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.

You need to be strong plenty of to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

Following the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak may be the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and produced herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the continuously shifting politics alliances of Faerie will be challenging enough if Cardan had been easy to regulate. But he will everything in his capacity to humiliate and undermine her even while his desire for her remains undiminished.

When it turns into all too very clear that someone close to Jude methods to betray her, threatening her own existence as well as the lives of everybody she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to keep control being a mortal within a Faerie world.