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Iron Kissed by Patri­cia Briggs, pub­lished Jan 2008, is the third book in the Mercy Thomp­son series, pub­lished by Ace.
VW mechanic, Mercy Thomp­son, is a shape shifter. She is a walker who shifts from human to coy­ote at will.  In the world that Mercy inhab­its, the were­wolves, fae and vam­pires exist along­side humankind. 
How­ever, the fae and the were­wolves have been some­what forced […]

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I am a fan of myth and fan­tasy. I am a huge fan of authors who can blend real­ity with that of the fan­tasy world together so skill­fully.  Iron­side: A Mod­ern Faery’s Tale, c2007 is the third book in Holly Black’s  Mod­ern Faery Tale series. The first book, Tithe, intro­duced us to this won­der­ful, vivid world where faerie’s are malev­o­lent crea­tures who […]

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REVIEW: Valiant by Holly Black

by Avid Reader on August 10, 2006

in Book Reviews, Ebooks, Fantasy, Teen Fiction

As cap­ti­vated as I was with Tithe, I really can’t say the same for Valiant despite a strong start to the novel. The open­ing of the book was strong but as the story pro­gressed, the plot twists and the unpleas­ant char­ac­ters made me stop read­ing this book before I hit the end.
When the story opens, we meet Val as she […]

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For­get what you know about faeries and their world. Just wipe them from your mind. In Holly Black’s Tithe: A Mod­ern Faerie Tale, the faeries are a malev­o­lent bunch look­ing to spill mor­tal blood. Ms. Black has a vivid imag­i­na­tion that includes magic, enchantment, goblins and rid­dles. I was enthralled with this story from the begin­ning to the end.
Kaye is not human; […]

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