Tithe: a modern faerie tale by Holly Black When 16-year-old Kaye and her would-be rockstar mother move back to where Kaye grew up, her grandmother's house in New Jersey, Kaye misses some of her old friends that don't seem to be around anymore. Just when she starts to reconnect with a grade-school pal and her friends, things start to spiral out of control when she has a late-night encounter with a wounded knight and finds out dark secrets about herself - not the least of which is that she is to be used as a human sacrifice. Sucked into the world of Faerie, Kaye must make decisions that will determine her own survival and that of her friends.
Holly Black, who also cowrote The Spiderwick Chronicles, writes in a way that makes the Faerie world as real and solid as modern-day New Jersey. Kaye is struggling to come to terms with her new identity at the same time as she has to deal with her mother and grandmother fighting over her wellbeing. Although the Faerie world isn't exactly an escape, it is most definitely a distraction as Kaye must fight for her life against forces that want to destroy her.
4 stars out of 5 for Tithe.
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