Post by Sasha on Apr 6, 2011 11:59:29 GMT -6
For anyone who enjoys a good gothic fantasy, this is a must! I've read it at least 5 times since I discovered it. It's dark sometimes, funny at others, has action, romance, adventure, magic, and, best of all, fearies!! It's incredibly original, and compelling. Holly Black has a gift for descriptive language and creative images. At times, you can actually feel like you're in the book, at the places that the characters are at. And the plot keeps you wanting more.
(Summery by Maria Nutick)
Set in New Jersey as well as Under the Hill in Faerie, tithe deals with sixteen-year-old misfit Kaye Fierch as she is drawn into intrigue involving the Seelie and Unseelie Courts of Faerie and the Solitary Fey.
The Unseelie Queen is looking for a tithe, a human sacrifice. This sacrifice will compel the Solitary Fey to offer fealty and obedience to the Unseelie Court for the duration of the next seven year period. Able to see faeries since she was small, Kaye has been suggested as the sacrifice by her Solitary Fey friends. A Fey called the Thistlewitch explains that Kaye is not mortal, but a changeling, and if her true nature is revealed at the moment of sacrifice the tithe will be void and her friends will be free for seven years. Kaye agrees to the ruse, believing that she and her friends will be able to fool the Unseelie Court.
Along the way Kaye discovers her Fey abilities, befriends a Seelie knight who has been forced to serve in the Unseelie Court, and inadvertently allows a human friend to be seduced by an Unseelie knight. Kaye discovers that she has the potential to abuse her powers. She also discovers that things in Faerie are not always what they seem to be, appearances mean little, and when the Fey are involved it's dangerous to trust the wrong people. The key to her salvation is the fascinating combination of her fey powers with her steadfastly mortal mind.
(Summery by Maria Nutick)
Set in New Jersey as well as Under the Hill in Faerie, tithe deals with sixteen-year-old misfit Kaye Fierch as she is drawn into intrigue involving the Seelie and Unseelie Courts of Faerie and the Solitary Fey.
The Unseelie Queen is looking for a tithe, a human sacrifice. This sacrifice will compel the Solitary Fey to offer fealty and obedience to the Unseelie Court for the duration of the next seven year period. Able to see faeries since she was small, Kaye has been suggested as the sacrifice by her Solitary Fey friends. A Fey called the Thistlewitch explains that Kaye is not mortal, but a changeling, and if her true nature is revealed at the moment of sacrifice the tithe will be void and her friends will be free for seven years. Kaye agrees to the ruse, believing that she and her friends will be able to fool the Unseelie Court.
Along the way Kaye discovers her Fey abilities, befriends a Seelie knight who has been forced to serve in the Unseelie Court, and inadvertently allows a human friend to be seduced by an Unseelie knight. Kaye discovers that she has the potential to abuse her powers. She also discovers that things in Faerie are not always what they seem to be, appearances mean little, and when the Fey are involved it's dangerous to trust the wrong people. The key to her salvation is the fascinating combination of her fey powers with her steadfastly mortal mind.
