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The Blurb On The Back:
When Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faeries who can tell a lie.
Miserable and convinced that she belongs nowhere, Kaye makes a rash decision to tell her mother the truth - that she is a changeling left in place of a human child. Her mother's shock reaction sends Kaye back to the faerie realm in search of her human counterpart in a bid to return her to Ironside.
But once there, Kaye finds herself a pawn in the games of the Seelie Court. Queen Silarial wants Roiben's throne and she will use any means necessary to get it. In this twisted game of wits and power, can a pixie outplay a queen?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ironside shows how much Black has grown as a writer and I think she's capable of some truly wonderful things in the future. However, on its own merit, this is merely an okay book and one that I think could have been so much more had themes, characters and motivation been expanded more because the quality of her writing really serves to reinforce the superficial nature of her plot.
When Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faeries who can tell a lie.
Miserable and convinced that she belongs nowhere, Kaye makes a rash decision to tell her mother the truth - that she is a changeling left in place of a human child. Her mother's shock reaction sends Kaye back to the faerie realm in search of her human counterpart in a bid to return her to Ironside.
But once there, Kaye finds herself a pawn in the games of the Seelie Court. Queen Silarial wants Roiben's throne and she will use any means necessary to get it. In this twisted game of wits and power, can a pixie outplay a queen?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ironside shows how much Black has grown as a writer and I think she's capable of some truly wonderful things in the future. However, on its own merit, this is merely an okay book and one that I think could have been so much more had themes, characters and motivation been expanded more because the quality of her writing really serves to reinforce the superficial nature of her plot.
