title: Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale (Modern Faerie Tales)
author:  Holly Black 
description: Finding your place in the world is no picnic at the best of times, but pixie changeling Kaye finds it tougher than most.And no wonder: her boyfriend has been crowned king of the Unseelie Court and her best friend suffers from a faery's curse. In this follow-up to Black's previous two books about the urban fey, Kaye and her gay friend Corny (from Tithe, 2003) meet brothers Luis and Dave (from Valiant, 2005),and the teens are caught in the middleof a clash betweenthe rival faery courts. As characters struggle to shape their identities, quintessential coming-of-age themes are as skillfully interwoven as in the earlier adventures, as are seductive contradictions: faerieswho cannot lie nonetheless find ways toconnive and betray, loyalty and love are wielded as weapons, and ethereal beautyoften masks cruelty of the ugliest sort. The chilling game of wits culminates in a satisfying conclusionto this dark,edgy fantasy, a must-purchase for Black's many devoted fans. Rutan, Lynn <br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
zlib_text: **Ironside**
  
    
  
   _ **( Modern Tale of Faerie - 3 )**_ ****
  
  **Holly Black**
  
   _In the realm of Faerie, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. Uneasy in
  the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one
  thing -- her love for Roiben. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie wine, declares
  herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye
  can't see or speak to Roiben unless she can find the one thing she knows
  doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie._
  
   _Miserable and convinced she belongs nowhere, Kaye decides to tell her mother
  the truth -- that she is a changeling left in place of the human daughter
  stolen long ago. Her mother's shock and horror sends Kaye back to the world of
  Faerie to find her human counterpart and return her to Ironside. But once back
  in the faerie courts, Kaye finds herself a pawn in the games of Silarial,
  queen of the Seelie Court. Silarial wants Roiben's throne, and she will use
  Kaye, and any means necessary, to get