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Title: Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black ISBN: 0-689-86704-2 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (54 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Starts off well, but loses the reader's interest by the end.
Comment: I was really excited to read this book; it seemed like a welcome escape from the carbon copy teenage books these days, always the same ditzy teen and her boy problems. It starts with a bang, introducing some truly interesting characters with whom I could connect, even if we had nothing in common. Kaye's description of the world left me constantly wondering if this was set in post-nuclear times or something, but the dark outlook was nevertheless a welcome change. Unfortunately, by the end of the book, I simply wasn't buying it anymore. The wheels essentially came off, leaving a fairly typical and predictable who's-the-mole story. The love story was better than it deserved to be; I found the subplot between Kaye and Roiben more interesting than the actual plot! If this is your genre, then you will probably enjoy this book; if not, pass this one by.
Rating: 5
Summary: Blood stained broken glass
Comment: A modern faerie tale indeed. Welcome to "Tithe" written by young Fantasy writer Holly Black (the Spiderwick Chronicles)a book containing Beautiful and angst ridden knights, a fiesty heroine, blood, broken Glass, death, sacrafice and some very evil faeries.
Tithe follows the story of Kaye, an "asian blond" who, after she returns to her childhood home becomes back in contact with the "imaginary" faerie's she befriended as a child. Through these faerie's Kaye gets pulled into the dangerous world of the seelie court where she is forced to participate in the Tithe, a sacrafice held every seven years. Through this Kaye discovers she herself is a not a human, but a green skinned pixie.
Black weaves teen ansgt, dangerous love and thrilling adventures with rousing imagery and a thoroughly riviting writing style that keaps you turning the pages way into to night. A young adult urban fantasy that will capture the imagination and spirit of adults and teens alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: a captivating urban faerie tale
Comment: Faeries, lest anyone be confused, are more than just tiny, sparkly creatures that live in meadows halfway around the world. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors, and are found amid railroad tracks and gravestones in New Jersey --- the land of French fries with gravy, abandoned boardwalks and petrochemical refineries. Here, they plan the Tithe, the sacrifice of a "beautiful, talented mortal" they must make once every seven years in order to keep the world more or less in order.
Kaye Fierch has come back to her home in New Jersey after years of traveling around the country with her rock musician mother. For years she has known that faeries, like her childhood friends Spike and Lutie, are real, though no one else believes her. When Kaye learns that there's a little more to her relations with faeries than just a willingness to believe, she finds herself at the center of a faerie power struggle. All the elements of a proper faerie tale are here, from the battle between good and evil to the knight in shining trench coat. Blended with an urban setting the reader can smell, hear and taste, they form a sexy, scary story.
This is fantasy for readers who hate the fantasy worlds of wizards and dragons, and romance for those who don't want their romance sappy and covered in flowers and chocolate. Though some of the descriptions are overwrought, TITHE is still a captivating, fast-paced tale of self-discovery with as much charm as the faeries themselves.
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Title: Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black ISBN: 0689859384 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black ISBN: 0689859392 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black ISBN: 0689859368 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black ISBN: 0689859376 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan ISBN: 1582348103 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 02 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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