THE QUEEN OF NOTHING BOOKTALK

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[TheWordNrd]

I love how this book really highlighted the fact that the main conflict of the series has been Jude and Madoc. Like, yeah, Cardan was awful in book one, but really, Jude's true opponents have been Madoc and herself the entire time. I love it.

[danielebernardo]

I just hope Holly Black makes another series connected or somehow takes place in the same world.

[georgiaherondale]

Taryn really came threw in this book. Also I was really wanting a POV from Cardan. I’m hoping we might get a novella with some of his narrating.

[abbierose]

I really wish we could have seen these letters! You could imagine Cardan getting drunk and writing soppy but angry letters begging for her to come back. Ugh I felt like that was such a missed opportunity but honestly how would she even work that in ahah

[blackrabbit]

I'm actually a tiny bit disappointed in this book. I feel like the ending is just too perfect and too happy. Also the whole thing about Cardan turning into a serpent was kinda out of line with the whole story and especially when Jude killed the serpent and Cardan just walked out of its corpse i was like "isn't this way too easy?" For the entire first half of the book I was really expecting Madoc and Cardan to duel and was looking forward to that but that never happened :/ I love the little moments shared by Cardan and Jude throughout the series and I think they make a great couple.

[gryranfelt]

I wish instead of keeping Jude and Cardan apart Holly had replaced the snake thing with a cut-throat court introgue part where Madoc, Jude and Cardan vie for the love of the Folk and we saw Cardan and Jude be their awesome scheming selves but this time working together - and showing that once they work together with full trust, they'd be a force of nature

[jaee]

I love it with all of the sudden character shifts and whatsoever. I liked it when Taryn kind of redeemed herself and how Cardan suddenly became so sweet and the lesser drama AND the way too perfect ending mostly because in the first two books, Jude was always suffering and it actually kind of hurt to read so even though the third book wasn't as cutthroat as the first two books, I still loved it because at least Jude is being loved this time. Though I think the conflict with Madoc was too easily resolved, like, I expected a lot of bloodshed but it does not happen, I still love it so much.

[Personalll-wg]

I thought that the book helped show the growth of Carden and Jude’s relationship

[sleepyontime]

Im this book I think Jude really shows a more human side and so does cardan they all just kinda chill more and that’s so cool

[Emily-bkic]

I loved this book! There were so many great characters that you could fall in love with and the plot of the trilogy was so gripping. The relationships Jude had with her family and Cardan were the highlights of this book for me, but there was plenty of action aswell. However I felt that the second half of the book was almost rushed and so the conclusion of the story happened so quickly- but maybe that was because I loved it so much I didn't want it to end?

[saralind]

"Ooh cardan, you just special snowflake." Lol agreedd.

[RockerBarbieLiz]

Who else would have loved reading from Cardan’s POV? I absolutely loved Queen of Nothing, but have mixed emotions about Jude’s and Cardan’s relationship. First off, Jude is so young compared to Cardan. Why does she settle on him as a first boyfriend-lover-husband? I wish Holly Black gave her more romantic options because it would have been wonderful for her to choose Cardan. Second I would have really loved to see more of a development of their relationship because it felt rushed from hate-fear alliance to lovey doves happy marriage. Like It honestly feels like the publishers rushed Holly Black to get out the book sooner, therefore a lot was cut. I would have rather waited longer for the book because her writing is extraordinary.

I still gave the book 5/5 stars on Goodsreads because I absolutely love the characters and story. Really wish it would continue.

[shakedshalom]

I loved the review! Honestly I just think that Cardan didn't really give Jude a loophole. He was the only one that knew she was the queen so she couldn't really pardon herself. I think he actually tells her that in the second book. When she tells him he can't do this to her because she is the queen and he tells her that no one is going to believe that.. I believed he was planning to trick her until the very end of the book.

[danichiong]

I agree with so many of your thoughts! I think you did a great job talking about how Jude has a blind spot when it comes to understanding Cardan and when it comes to trusting people. I think that, when she toasts to “family” at the very end, it really encapsulates what she eventually came to value.

[thebookassassin]

Honestly in my opinion this book saved the rest of the series. The other books were boring and the relationships were so toxic. But in this book it was actually quite entertaining and everyone was finally getting along. Tho I found the cardan snake part wayyy to simple. The ending was kinda predictable obviously he was gonna turn back into fae but the way it happened was so anticlimactic cuz it was SO DAMN OBVIOUS.

[__mastershifureads__]

Am I the only one that feels like there could be another book? With cardan and Jude still in but with oak probably getting to be king and I also feel like there could be a story with the Princess at the end that Jude commanded to be released (I forgot her name) but when she smiled Jude mentioned that her teeth were sharp and maybe madoc and the others kept her restrained for the fear of what she could do. Idk I'm horrible at explaining things but I really don't want it end. Like at all. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. No pun intended.

[anavancouver]

*When I look at this- everything is true*

[Total]

Everything said and done. I loved this series so the favourite most one till today of all the books I have ever read
THOUGH, I expected a madoc Jude patch up may be a little hug and them truly acknowledging each other as father and daughter. I was waiting for it but it never happened 🙂

[helenarowe]

Heyyy girl just subscribed ! I just finished the Queen of Nothing and I LOVED IT ! Anyway your really cool thank you for the content 😂❤️

[redpandas]

11:33 Ok girl I know I pronounce every character’s name wrong but there is nO wAY that Nicasia’s name is ‘nick-ah-saw” and not “nick-aw-see-aw”