open a coffee shop in Ironside with Corny and Luis, who are now dating, and spend half her time in Faery; she reveals that she was able to say she could lie because "lying" can also mean lying on the ground. Characters Kaye: A changeling pixie who is in love with the Lord of the Night Court Roiben; is given an impossible quest when she declares herself to him. Roiben: Former Knight of both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, now the Lord of Night Court. He is in love with Kaye, but in order to keep her safe from the evils of the Unseelie Court he gives her an impossible quest. Corny: Kaye's best friend; is scared of most faerys because he was controlled by them many times; is openly gay; reads manga; is attracted to Luis. Luis: An orphan teen boy who lives with his younger brother, Dave, whom he is trying to protect from the fae; is attracted to Corny; has the Sight (ability to see through glamour). Silarial: Queen of the Bright Court and Roiben's former mistress, whom Roiben once loved. Ethine: Roiben's sister, who was made heir to the Bright Court but later gives up the throne out of spite. Lutie-loo "Lutie", Kaye's faery, is like Kaye’s conscience. Ellen, Kaye’s mother, Kate’s real mother. Kate, Ellen's real child, is Kaye's counterpart. Adair: A knight of the Bright Court, he is sent into Ironside by Silarial to do her bidding. He first encounters Corny whilst searching for Kaye, who then tortures him for information. He is later dispatched in a fit of rage by Corny in the woods of the Bright Court. Talathain: A Knight of the Bright Court. In love with Ethine. Reception Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale got mostly positive reviews. Preisendorfer for School Library Journal called it "magical", a "dark beauty", and "enchanting", and said the "narration is spot-on for every character." Lynn Rutan in "Books for Older Readers" wrote that this novel is "dark, edgy fantasy, and a must-purchase". Sarah Wood from Teenreads said she "enjoyed the book", noting Black's subtlety: "the real world is never that simple, and neither is Black's vision of faeries." Eva Mitnick says Black has "an authentic street voice." Wood says, "Kaye's ignorance through the novel is easy to manipulate." Rutan for Booklist said that "characters struggle to shape their identities, quintessential coming-of-age" and called Ironsides a novel