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The Queen of Nothing

  • 2019 first published
  • 336 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (10 ratings)
  • 9 editions

Holly Black's The Queen of Nothing (2019) is a fae fiction novel. Readers will find themes of courts and courtiers, sisters, fairies and twins.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 453 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 336 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Queen of Nothing

The novel follows a mortal, Jude Duarte, as she returns to the troubled Faerie realm to solve an important riddle and save the king and the land she loves. 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.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
  • Courts and courtiers
  • Sisters
  • Fairies
  • Twins
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Blessing and cursing
  • Queens
  • Kings, queens, rulers
  • JUVENILE FICTION / General
  • Kings and rulers

Quick answers

Who wrote The Queen of Nothing?

The Queen of Nothing was written by Holly Black and first published in 2019.

What genre is The Queen of Nothing?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is The Queen of Nothing?

The median edition has 336 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Queen of Nothing?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Thorns and Roses and Ella Enchanted.

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