This book also has a few twists thrown in, but they definitely weren’t quite as surprising as the twists in previous books. While I did wish we could have a little more time to sit with some moments, the fast pace did make this book very bingeable and absolutely impossible to put down. The Queen of Nothing comes in at just barely over 300 pages, and it has a lot to wrap up. Each book could be much longer than they are. That’s honestly a complaint I have with the series as a whole. I won’t lie- some of this book feels a little rushed. “Magic is seldom so convenient as to conform to our preferences.” Plot While The Queen of Nothing doesn’t expand on the world and magic quite as much as previous books have, it really does place a spotlight on it. She has crafted a beautifully intricate world parallel to ours, with such great depth and detail, and grounded in fascinating mythology and history. Holly Black truly is the queen of the Fae. Meanwhile, the setting really makes this series stand out. It feels both otherworldly and magical while being full of purely human aspects. Jude is of both the mortal world and the magical world- being a mortal raised in Elfhame- and you can get that feeling just through Holly Black’s writing. Her writing perfectly balancing poignancy and thought-provoking topics with fun quips and just amazingly relatable moments. Holly Black’s writing style is just amazing. And now I am not sure if either of us knows how to remove it.” Writing & Setting “We have lived in our armor for so long, you and I.
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