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In Tithe, sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she drifts from place to place with her mother’s rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms—a struggle that could very well mean her death.
In Valiant, the companion to Tithe, seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city’s labyrinthine subway system. But there’s something eerily beguiling about Val’s new friends. When one talks Val into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature, Val finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
In Ironside, the sequel to Tithe, the time has come for Roiben’s coronation. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one thing—her love for Roiben. But when Kaye drunkenly declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest to find a faerie who can tell a lie. Unable to see Roiben until she has fulfilled his quest, Kaye finds herself in the center of the battle of wits and weapons being waged over his throne.
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Holly Black is the bestselling author of the Spiderwick series. Her Modern Faerie Tales series is comprised of Tithe, which was an ALA Top Ten Book for Teens and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews; Valiant, which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Locus Magazine Recommended Read, and a recipient of the Andre Norton Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America; and Ironside, the sequel to Tithe, was a New York Times bestseller. White Cat, the first book in the Curse Workers trilogy, was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, and ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and BCCB. Red Glove, the second book in the Curse Workers trilogy, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The final book in the trilogy, Black Heart, will be available in spring 2012. Holly has also written a collection of short stories, The Poison Eaters and Other Stories. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Visit Holly at blackholly.com.
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The world of Faerie,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside (Paperback)
Stories about a girl who finds out she's part/all faerie and becomes enmeshed in that world are a dime a dozen now. But Holly Black first started this trend, with the darkly glittering "Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside." This trilogy of clever, entrancing little books bring a bit of urban grime to the faerie world without sacrificing any of its beauty.In "Tithe," Kaye Fierch has spent years traveling with her mother's rock band, until one night when her mom's boyfriend/guitarist tries to stab her. So her mom whisks her back to her grandmother's New Jersey house, where Kaye reminisces about some "imaginary faerie friends she had as a child. But then she encounters Roiben, a wounded faerie knight whose life she saves -- and soon she learns that she is a changeling, who is being targeted by the faerie courts. Now on the run with Roiben, she must deal with the faerie world's attacks on the mortal one... including her human friends. "Valiant" switches over to Valerie Russell, a runaway who makes her way to New York City, and falls in with a bunch of teenage subway-dwellers. It turns out that they're friends with a troll named Ravus, who makes a mysterious drug that makes faeries immune to iron -- and temporarily gives humans magic. But when faeries start dying, Ravus is suspected of the crime -- and only Val can save him. "Ironside" is a direct sequel to "Tithe," and twines in a little of "Valiant" as well. Roiben is being crowned king of the Unseelie Court, but Kaye is starting to feel out of place. Then her faerie love gives her an impossible quest to fulfill before she can become his consort, sending her into new and dangerous situations involving the Seelie Court... Holly Black is one of the best urban fantasy authors writing today, mainly because her stories truly are urban fantasies -- they combine faerie glitter and ethereality with the grime, wire and subway tunnels of New York and New Jersey. She truly makes you feel as if both the faerie realm and the mortal cities are jumping out at you. Her writing has a dark, raw beauty, studded with moments of poetry ("red and gold flames licked upward. A sea of burning oil and diesel fuel spread to scorch everything it touched"). And she never turns away from the uglier facets of her world -- there are hints of cruelty, addiction and heartbreak, as well as the love and persistence of her heroines. And she writes really, really good characters who run all across the board. Kaye is a very likable, heartfelt heroine -- she's initially a little fey and odd, and she has some growing up to do before the story is over. Valerie is a little offputting at first, because you're busy thinking, "I want Kaye! I want more Kaye!", but the wounded runaway eventually grows on you. And there's a wide array of strong supporting characters -- icy knights, a half-mad gay dude, former lovers and hunky trolls. "Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside" is the vibrant, haunting trilogy that spawned a thousand "I'm a faerie girl who never knew it!" knockoffs, and like many originals, it's one of the best.
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The world of faerie,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside (Paperback)
Stories about a girl who finds out she's part/all faerie and becomes enmeshed in that world are a dime a dozen now. But Holly Black first started this trend, with the darkly glittering "Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside." This trilogy of clever, entrancing little books bring a bit of urban grime to the faerie world without sacrificing any of its beauty.In "Tithe," Kaye Fierch has spent years traveling with her mother's rock band, until one night when her mom's boyfriend/guitarist tries to stab her. So her mom whisks her back to her grandmother's New Jersey house, where Kaye reminisces about some "imaginary faerie friends she had as a child. But then she encounters Roiben, a wounded faerie knight whose life she saves -- and soon she learns that she is a changeling, who is being targeted by the faerie courts. Now on the run with Roiben, she must deal with the faerie world's attacks on the mortal one... including her human friends. "Valiant" switches over to Valerie Russell, a runaway who makes her way to New York City, and falls in with a bunch of teenage subway-dwellers. It turns out that they're friends with a troll named Ravus, who makes a mysterious drug that makes faeries immune to iron -- and temporarily gives humans magic. But when faeries start dying, Ravus is suspected of the crime -- and only Val can save him. "Ironside" is a direct sequel to "Tithe," and twines in a little of "Valiant" as well. Roiben is being crowned king of the Unseelie Court, but Kaye is starting to feel out of place. Then her faerie love gives her an impossible quest to fulfill before she can become his consort, sending her into new and dangerous situations involving the Seelie Court... Holly Black is one of the best urban fantasy authors writing today, mainly because her stories truly are urban fantasies -- they combine faerie glitter and ethereality with the grime, wire and subway tunnels of New York and New Jersey. She truly makes you feel as if both the faerie realm and the mortal cities are jumping out at you. Her writing has a dark, raw beauty, studded with moments of poetry ("red and gold flames licked upward. A sea of burning oil and diesel fuel spread to scorch everything it touched"). And she never turns away from the uglier facets of her world -- there are hints of cruelty, addiction and heartbreak, as well as the love and persistence of her heroines. And she writes really, really good characters who run all across the board. Kaye is a very likable, heartfelt heroine -- she's initially a little fey and odd, and she has some growing up to do before the story is over. Valerie is a little offputting at first, because you're busy thinking, "I want Kaye! I want more Kaye!", but the wounded runaway eventually grows on you. And there's a wide array of strong supporting characters -- icy knights, a half-mad gay dude, former lovers and hunky trolls. "Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside" is the vibrant, haunting trilogy that spawned a thousand "I'm a faerie girl who never knew it!" knockoffs, and like many originals, it's one of the best. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent Series,
By Kat - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside (Paperback)
If you liked the Mortal Instruments and the Twilight series, you'll probably fall in love with these books. The only downside to them is that they curse quite a bit throughout the series, but otherwise they are very engaging. Not recommended for anyone under the age of thirteen however, due to the graphic language, and occassional violent scenes.
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Beautiful story.,
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This review is from: Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside (Paperback)
This is simply a beautiful story following a young girl finding out who she is and her adventures onwards. I bought this as a gift for a friend and after she read it, she INSISTED I read it as well. And it was AMAZING. I would recommend these books to anyone who is into fantasy and fairys.
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