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Tithe (Paperback)

by Holly Black (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's; New Ed edition (2 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0689860420
  • ISBN-13: 978-0689860423
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,228 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Do you believe in faeries? Not the soft, gentle kind, but the sinister, feral kind - the ones that wreak havoc on everything in their path...Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band, until an ominous attack forces them back to her childhood home. To the place where she used to see Faeries. They're still there. But Kaye's not a child anymore. This time she's dragged into the thick of their dangerous, frightening world. A realm where black horses dwell beneath the sea, desperate to drown you...where the sinister Thistlewitch divines dark futures...and where beautiful faerie knights are driven to perform acts of brutal depravity for the love of their uncaring queens. Once there, Kaye finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms - a struggle that could end in her death...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Imagery, Beautiful in General, 10 Feb 2004
By S. R. Hall "kruxie" (England) - See all my reviews
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I think the most wonderful thing about this book is the picture that Holly Black paints in your mind's eye. It's so easy to see the faries and their queens, their courts and the magic that Kaye comes into contact with, but it is also easy to see the rotting seaside town, the old house of Kaye's grandmother, and everything about the teenagers that make up this novel. The teens are perfectly portrayed; their speech, their mannerisms, their dress sense, references to sex and eating disorders, and girly fall-outs over guys. There are raves and parties, not least at the beginning with Kaye's rockstar mother. And then, through all the beauty and realism of the decaying world around Kaye, we are dragged into the world of the faries...but, again, for all it's beauty, it's just another grim world.

It's a fantastic read that works so well, and is a marvellous read.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Faerie Tales I've Read, 3 Jan 2005
By Kelly Adams (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
I discovered this book when I was a freshman in high school. I checked it out at the same time as I checked out Francesca Lia Block's I Was A Teenage Fairy, also a book and author I would recommend highly.

Not only did I love the seamless flow of the story and the author's easy diction, I adored the similes that run rampant in this book. My personal favorite is when Kaye says, at sunset, that the sun looks like it slit its wrists and is bleeding orange all over the ocean. I mean, wow. A writer myself, I have a healthy respect for good description.

Though Black uses the same simile format throughout the novel, the images she draws have stuck with me. As a senior, after checking out the book numerous times over the years, I finally bought it and reread it (again), not putting it down until it was complete... at 4 o'clock in the morning. :-P

I have long been a fan of urban fantasy, but this is the best example I have come across. It has drugs, rock and roll, a pleasantly evil Faerie Queen, and a tall, handsome, mysterious stranger (Roiben of the White Hair... just read the book, you'll understand and be as jealous of Kaye as I am)... all in all, an amazing read that will grab you when you're not expecting it and leave you hungry for more at the end. (Don't worry, a sequal comes out this summer and I can't wait!)

I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who likes quality writing and an interesting twist on an antient tradition amongst the fey. The only way to truly appreciate the magic and beauty of this amazing book is to read it for yourself, so go to a library and check it out, you silly, silly mortals!

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dark and gripping and lots of fun., 29 Jun 2006
If you want a fluffy faerie romance where everyone is sugary-nice and from a respectable background, where the goodies are good and the baddies are evil, and teens never ever say the f-word - this book won't be for you. Kaye's a messed-up kid who's had a tough life and often does stupid things, and the faerie world she stumbles into is harsh and cruel and violently capricious. But it's also weirdly beautiful and compelling, and so is Roiben, the faerie knight who Kaye gets tangled up with.

Holly has a fabulous sense of language, and there's some really interesting imagery in the book. The plot skips around some and it's a bit sloppy in parts, but this is her first YA novel, and if she's this good now, she can only get better. Looking forward to the sequel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Really good book, worth a read
Tithe is a proper grimms style faerie story.

I really liked the plot and the descriptiveness, it allowed you to really picture what was going on without becoming... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Baileys

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read
Now I'm a big fan of fantasy books and romance books so I tend to look for books that entwined those themes and Tithe looked to be a promising story. Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Fitzgerald

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a page turner
The story of a teenage girl from the modern day world who discovers a world of magic, mystery and mayhem.

I thought 'Tithe' was really enjoyable and easy to read. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Karen Rowley

2.0 out of 5 stars Not that great
I have to say that I didn't really enjoy this book. I sometimes felt that the plot jumped or skipped over parts which I felt were important. Read more
Published 13 months ago by katie-louise

5.0 out of 5 stars fairy story with freshness and hard edged realisem for grown ups unwilling to give up on fairys
i loved this book sick of the constent rewritting of the lord of the rings and having loved harry potter books and his dark miterals i was giving teen novels a go . Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ms. V. E. Rains

4.0 out of 5 stars Tithe
From reading a short synopsis online, I went out and bought Tithe, and I must admit that the first few chapters were surprising. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Rachel

1.0 out of 5 stars not a midsummer nights dream
more much ado about nothing! I really wanted to like this book, but while throwing all the typical sensationalist teen angst stuff into the mix - a dab of ethnicity, a dollop of... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2006 by Jayne M. Turner

5.0 out of 5 stars i belive
i first brought this because the main character kaye has the same name of my mum but then i found out that it was to do with faires which i have always belived in then i brought... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2006 by hula hoops......

5.0 out of 5 stars Tithe
Kaye Fierch is a faerie but, doesn't know, she has interacted with faeries for as long as she can remember. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2006 by Clare

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical Urban Fairytale
Tithe must rate as one of my top 20 novels that I have read so far.Although Tithe is billed as a Teen Read, I really enjoyed the prose, content, storyline, language and characters... Read more
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