Valiant
A Modern Faerie Tale
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4.4 • 103 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Winner of the Andre Norton Nebula Award
A teen runaway gets embroiled in the perilous world of faeries in this second book in New York Times bestselling author Holly Black’s Modern Faerie Tales trilogy, where danger and magic come hand-in-hand in the dark underground of New York City.
When seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York, she’s trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city’s labyrinthine subway system. But there’s something eerily beguiling about Val’s new friends that sets her on edge.
When Val is talked into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature, she must strike a bargain to make it out with her life intact. Now drawn into a world she never knew existed, Val finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful, eerie, thrilling.
Holly black is my favorite author. Her stories of faeries are so different of those we've grown up with. Innocence is not the case. I love reading her books and I wish she would write more modern faerie tale novels!
Absolutely Enthralling!
The only negative thing I can say about this book is that it ended. I'd give anything for Holly Black to write a sequel. Read it - you won't be disappointed.
Not for "children" as categorized
Older teens only. Drug usage, sex, and foul language permeate this book. Imaginative .... Would have had a broader audience without the D,S, and F.