The Cruel Prince is a young adult fantasy novel by American author Holly Black. In this contemporary fairy tale, seven-year-old Jude and her two sisters are kidnapped and taken to the Court of Faerie by a faerie claiming to be their mother’s first husband. Now, ten years later, Jude battles the faeries' hatred of humans and the cruel Prince Cardan in an attempt to establish her place in Faerieland and save it from itself. This novel explores themes of belonging, ambition, and prejudice.
