Valiant
By Holly Black
Dead fairies are popping up everywhere. There are exiles from both the Seelie Court and the Unseelie court and at times there are dual alliances and sometimes they just shift. The Fae are everywhere. Most people do not have the sight to see them and if the fairies find out heaven help as they may kill you or just take your eye. They are very whimsical and moody. Things are even worse as the fairies are dealing and using something called Nevemore. If a human uses it then they too might have fae abilities and they will catch a mighty buzz.. Fairies are not above using human couriers. They think humans are like rats. Using humans makes teh investigation of who is doing these murders even more complicated. Like let us blame the chemist.
The story starts off in the human realm. A girl named Val seems to be trying to adjust. After being harassed on the school LaCrosse team Vlal fights back and get's kicked off the team. As she is about to go to a hcokey game with her boyfriend Tom. He is a bit late and Val get's worried. Checking in the wrong area she finds out here boyfriend is fooling around with her mother. Val runs away after the game and ends up meeting Lolli and Dave. Lolli tells Val about the fairies but Val remain unconvinced. After hanging out in the sewers with Dave's older brother Luis, her and Lolli go exploring. They end up violating the turf of a Troll. As a punishment Val now has to deliver Nevermore to fairy clients. AS the relationship grows she learns sword fighting from th Troll and ends up trying Nevermore herself.
This plunges her into the world of the fae. Learnin to glamour and control her appearances she manipulates her humans quite easily. Along the way she battle a wicked fairy and exposes the truth in a murder investigation. Fast and entertaining read. Be great if they made it into a movie.
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