The Modern Faerie Tales: Valiant : A Modern Faerie Tale (Hardcover)

from xicanti

When seventeen-year-old Val runs away to the city, she becomes entangled with a community of faeries in exile. It took me a little while to warm up to this book. It was instantly readable, but I initially felt it to be too dark and distanced. It read like Francesca Lia Block with all of the horro...

from fyrefly98

Summary: When Val catches her boyfriend in one of the worst possible acts of betrayal, she heads into New York City, for what was supposed to be a date night, on her own. Once there, she realizes she can't bring herself to go home again, and winds up falling in with a group of street kids. They s...

from fayeflame

I found the idea of the story captivating. Faeries are real, and they walk among us, hidden by glamour from human eyes. And they aren't necessarily good faeries--like humans, some are good, and some are bad. 17 year old Val discovers this world when she runs away from home and lives under the New...

from plettie2

This book was a lot of fun. It is 2nd in the series, following the novel Tithe . What makes this book so good is that, yes, it follows in sequence the first novel but it has totally different characters who only relate marginally to those in the first. It is a sophisticated sequel that shows the ...

from plettie2

This book was a lot of fun. It is 2nd in the series, following the novel Tithe . What makes this book so good is that, yes, it follows in sequence the first novel but it has totally different characters who only relate marginally to those in the first. It is a sophisticated sequel that shows the ...