Valiant
By Holly Black
Dates Read
Jan 8 - Jan 10
2024
Read in the Modern Faerie Tales omnibus edition
Blurb:
When seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, 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. And when one talks Val into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature with whom they are all involved, Val finds herself torn between her newfound affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
Thoughts:
This one was a bit tough to get through. It dealt with infidelity, drug abuse, and SA. I loved the aspect of fae living amongst us. Hiding in plain sight. The city full of iron being basically an exiles prison for them is and interesting touch. Val is an interesting character and I would have loved to see more of her relationship with everybody.
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