Modern Faerie Tales

Holly Black

Sixteen-year-old Kaye lives a nomadic life, traveling with her mother's band, until a terrifying encounter forces her to return to her childhood home. In the heart of industrial New Jersey, Kaye is drawn into a dangerous, centuries-old conflict between two warring faerie courts. As she navigates this hidden world of magic and betrayal, Kaye discovers a destiny far more perilous than she could have ever imagined, one that places her at the center of a struggle that could determine the fate of both the faerie and human realms.

Holly Black

When seventeen-year-old Valerie flees to New York City seeking escape from a shattered life, she discovers an unexpected refuge among a group of squatters living in the city's hidden subway tunnels. Adopting a new identity, Val is drawn into their world—a place that glimmers with dark allure and dangerous secrets. As she becomes entangled in her friends' mysterious connection to a supernatural creature, Val finds herself caught between growing affection for an unlikely ally and mounting dread about the true nature of those closest to her. Holly Black weaves a haunting urban fantasy that explores themes of belonging, betrayal, and the monsters we choose to trust. With atmospheric prose and morally complex characters, this gripping tale asks what we're willing to sacrifice for connection in the darkest corners of the city.

Holly Black

In the treacherous courts of Faerie, a young pixie named Kaye finds herself entangled in a dangerous game of power and deception. As Roiben prepares for his coronation, Kaye's declaration of love sends her on an impossible quest to find a faerie who can lie, a task that forces her to confront her own true nature. Torn between her love for Roiben and her growing suspicion that she is a changeling, Kaye must navigate the deadly politics of both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. With a ruthless queen seeking to usurp the throne and Kaye caught in the crossfire, she must discover if she can outwit her enemies and find her place in a world where appearances are deceiving and survival is paramount.