Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale (Modern Faerie Tales, #3)

by Holly Black

When pixie Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie. Miserable and convinced she belongs nowhere, Kaye makes a rash decision to reveal the truth to her mother - that she is a changeling left in place of a human child. Her mother's shock reaction sends Kaye running back to the Faerie realm in search of her human counterpart in a bid to return her to Ironside. But Kaye once again finds herself a pawn in the games of the Seelie Court. Queen Silarial wants Roiben's throne and she will use any means necessary to get it! In this twisted game of wits and power can a pixie outplay a queen?

• ISBN10: 0689868200
• ISBN13: 9780689868207
• Publish Date: 24 April 2007
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 5 April 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Margaret K McElderry Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Chelsea]

This was only an average book for me. I like the world the author created, it’s really dark and disturbing. Sometimes it’s a little too dark. The book moves at a decent pace but I find it’s choppy and random sometimes. I was often confused because the writing just wasn’t as good as it should have been.

What was really missing was that I wasn’t completely into this book. I didn’t really care about the characters or what they were doing. The plot wasn’t bad but it wasn’t interesting enough to keep me entertained. I did like how we’re back to the characters of the first book but I hate that she changed them in the second. If you’re gonna change characters keep changing characters. It’s not a bad book, it’s just not a good book. Read it if it interests you but keep your expectations low.