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Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)

Holly Black

Why we're reading this: its cool and interesting. and its for anyone who thinks faerys are nice
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Mar 04, 2013 Jess (freaks over books) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-books-of-all-time

I loved this book as much as when I was sixteen and read it. Now that I am older and YA has changed, I for sure see the faults in it, Kaye did a lot of things that bothered me, but she was written as a real girl, not some fairy-tale herione, and I love that about her. She speaks to my sixteen year old self on a lot of levels, and I will always appreciate that. I am re-reading this series in anticipation of the Cruel Prince, which comes out in January, and I have to say that these are books you a ...more

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Apr 21, 2010 Soph - Lock&Key rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: predictable-reads, read-in-2010, wish-i-loved-it

There was something just plain annoying about this book, and something that was good as well. I cant say that I enjoyed it but I didn't hate it at the same time. Okay, so lets start with the story. Tithe is about a girl who has moved around with her mum a lot. One day she finally comes home, back where people think that she is a weird girl who claims to have seen fearyes. In a series of strange events such as meeting a mysterious male knight feary and discovering that she is a feary she realizes ...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, ya-five-star, books-reviewed, rom-moderate-fluff, rom, ya-fantasy, five-star-reads, read-in-2013

This is the first novel by Holly Black I have read and I must say I am happy to have discovered her because I think she is an excellent writer and I love her style. The writing is very clever, which suggests Black assumes her readers are, too. A lot is left unsaid, which fuels the imagination in my view. It does mean however, that you may have to use your grey matter a little. So for example, she does not go into detail about the awful things that happen in the Unseelie Court but you can very we ...more

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