Her mother's shock and horror sends Kaye to the Seelie Court to find her human counterpart and bring her back to Ironside. Miserable and convinced she belongs nowhere, Kaye decides to tell her mother the truth that she is a changeling, long ago left in place of a human daughter. Kaye finds them and the faery curses Corny so that anything he touches withers. Realising that this character is a faery, Corny attempts to get information from him in the bathroom. Now Kaye cannot see or speak with Roiben unless she can find the one thing she knows does not exist: a faerie who can tell a lie.Ĭorny and Kaye decide to watch Ellen, her mother, perform in a bar. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie wine, declares herself to him, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of one thing only, her love for Roiben. In the realm of Faery, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. It's set on the Jersey Shore, and it's got fairies.' Plot summary According to online excerpts from a 2006 Locus interview and short biography of Black, ' Valiant (2005) is another contemporary fantasy loosely related to Tithe, and Ironside, a direct sequel to Tithe, is forthcoming.' Black told Locus then that she calls Tithe 'suburban fantasy, as opposed to urban fantasy. It is considered to complete a trilogy called Modern Tale of Faerie, literally the subtitle of the intervening second book Valiant. The novel is a direct sequel to Black's first book Tithe (2002). McElderry imprint of Simon & Schuster, who recommended it for readers aged '14 and above'. It was published in 2007 by the Margaret K. Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Holly Black. Children and Young Adult Literature portal.

Ironside by holly black