The Cruel Prince

Why these tropes fit

Mortal Jude, orphaned and stolen to the treacherous Faerie Court as a child, must navigate a web of royal court intrigue and defy the cruel Prince Cardan to carve out a place among the fey who disdain her humanity. As she embraces her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed, she is caught in a looming betrayal that threatens to engulf the Faerie Courts in violence, forcing her to sacrifice her own safety to protect her sisters and the realm itself.

Evidence from the source

• Betrayal: “But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.” source
• Court Intrigue: “As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for tricker and bloodshed.” source
• High Fantasy: “Courts of Faerie” source
• Morally Gray: “she discovers her own capacity for tricker and bloodshed.” source
• Coming of Age: “as one girl learns the meaning of true power when she finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.” source

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