The Queen of Nothing

#39 in Young adult

The Queen of Nothing

Holly Black

Original language ENYoung adult

8.38.3 / 10
Score out of 10942 ratingsConfidence 87%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#39 of 200 in Young adult ahead of 81% of the category
336
Pages
about 6 h
Reading time

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About the book

A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author. He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.3 across 942 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 8.3 — the Young adult average of 7.8 barely moves it.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.610 1%
Hardcover8.3932 99%

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What age is The Queen of Nothing for?

The Queen of Nothing sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 336 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Young adult.

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