Showing posts with label Ironside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ironside. Show all posts

Monday, January 6, 2014

Ironside by Holly Black



Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Urban Fantasy; Faeries, A Modern Faerie Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

Back Cover: In the realm of Faerie, 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, drunk on faerie wine, declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye can't see or speak to Roiben unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie. Miserable and convinced she belongs nowhere, Kaye decides to tell her mother the truth -- that she is a changeling left in place of the human daughter stolen long ago. Her mother's shock and horror sends Kaye back to the world of Faerie to find her human counterpart and return her to Ironside. But once back in the faerie courts, Kaye finds herself a pawn in the games of Silarial, queen of the Seelie Court. Silarial wants Roiben's throne, and she will use Kaye, and any means necessary, to get it. In this game of wits and weapons, can a pixie outplay a queen?

The story of Kaye continues as we see Roiben in his power. How he tries to protect Kaye and at the same time has to giver her a task that would separate them forever. This was the sit on your edge page turner as things got pretty dark for Kaye and her friends. Kaye learning about her magic and what she can do with it to help her and her friends. I hope that Holly continues with this world as I would like to see more of it. I thought that it is a very compelling series. And that it is one of those must haves for your bookshelf.

Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0689868219
Pages: 323
Series: A Modern Faerie Tale
Volume: 3

Monday, December 16, 2013

Tithe by Holly Black



Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Urban Fantasy; Faeries, A Modern Faerie Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

Back Cover: Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms -- a struggle that could very well mean her death.

This is the second book in the Modern Faerie Tale series. In most of the stories that I have read about Faeries one court has always been either the good or the bad. In this one there is just different with all the intrigue of back stabbing politics. Kaye learning that she is actually a Faerie was something I enjoyed. I loved Roiben, a strong character that you couldn’t quite figure what side he was on. I found that I liked this book even more the Val’s story. Learning more about the different Faerie courts brought to life even more of what I read before. Giving it a fuller picture of this extraordinary world. I can't wait to see the next book in this series, Ironside.

Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0689867042
Pages: 336
Series: A Modern Faerie Tale
Volume: 2

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