Reception ĭave Langford reviewed The Folk of the Air for White Dwarf #96, and stated that "Perhaps I'm disappointed that a writer as gifted as Beagle should only touch the surface of his medievalists, indulging a few ironies but avoiding the depths of motivation which he's well fitted to plumb.
The threat of violence permeates the plot, which includes stabbings (fatal and otherwise), torture, poisonings, and deadly magical spells. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. Based on Celtic folklore, the novel presents an original new take on Faerie and its inhabitants, the fey. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. The Folk of the Air is a novel in which 1980s Californian medievalists go into the past. Parents need to know that Holly Black s The Wicked King continues the story begun in The Cruel Prince. The Folk of the Air is a novel by Peter S. For fantasy book series by Holly Black, see The Folk of the Air (series).
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