The Cruel Prince (Air People)

Of course I want to be like them. They are beautiful like blades forged in divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is prettier than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered, and she and her two sisters were kidnapped to live in the treacherous High Court of Fairies. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite being mortal. But many fairies despise humans, especially Prince Cardin, the youngest and most evil son of the High King.

To win a place on the court, she must challenge him—and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigue and deception, and discovers her capacity for bloodshed.

But with civil war threatening to engulf the faerie courts in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and the faeries themselves.