Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale

Holly Black

Jun 2008 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

In the realm of very scary faeries, no one is safe.

Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces the sixteen-year-old back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms—a struggle that could very well mean her death.

Holly Black's enormously powerful voice weaves teen angst, riveting romance, and capriciously diabolical faerie folk into an enthralling, engaging, altogether original reading experience.

Ratings and reviews

Awesome modern day take, on the dark side of faeries! Extremely quick read as I picked it up yesterday and just finished the next day! it felt like I was reading for only a couple of hours!!! can't wait to find out how the story continues!

My favorite book. I recommend this book to anyone who likes the dark/bad kind of faery tales. I've owned this book for 10yrs now & still pick it up to read every so often...reminds me of the teen I used to be....maybe that's why I like it so much

I've read hundreds of books. This still is one of my favorites! People who eared it low, just don't know anything about faerie lore or good fiction:) They are just being ignorant. This is q gem. A must read!

About the author

Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of speculative and fantasy novels, short stories, and comics. She has been a finalist for an Eisner and a Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. She has sold over twenty-six million books worldwide, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library. Visit her at BlackHolly.com.