The Folk Of The Air, learning to lead in the unknown #9

 In the book series The Folk of The Air a young girl is faced with the challenges of finding herself in a strange land, with her parents' murderer, needing to find her place in the world. Jude and her sisters were taken by her half sister father to a land of magic where the people are immortal and bend humans to their will. They use their magic to trap them and force them to be their slaves. They have just one weakness, and that is the fact that they cannot lie, whereas humans can. Jude must learn to use that ability to her utmost advantage. Because of her “fathers” standings she attends school with the royals and those of the highest standing in this land, including the king's youngest son, Carden. Carden and his friends hate jude, hate the fact that she is allowed to be in school with them, and are a part of the nobility. As Jude gets closer to finishing school she must learn how to make a life for herself a part of the royal court. She plans to become a knight and work for one of the other children of the king. But when a coronation turns bloody and 5 other royal children are killed Jude is left to figure out how to fix the kingdom. She must work with her sworn enemy Cardan to get him on the throne instead of his murderous brother. A story that starts off with her being a misfit who nobody likes or appreciates ends with her being crowned queen. She had to learn to trust herself and others, without the help of others she could never be the hero that she became and one that the people respected so strongly.

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