Modern Faerie Tales: Difference between revisions

The Modern Tales of Faerie is an [[Urban Fantasy]] trilogy by [[Holly Black]], including the books ''Tithe'', ''Valiant'' and ''Ironside''.

 

* [[Accidental Murder]]: Ravus accidentaly killed Tamson in a duel, which is the reason that he was exiled from the Seelie Court. However, it turns out that {{spoiler|Mabry had weakened Tamson's armor prior to the duel because Tamson knew that [[Double Agent|she was working for The Unseelie Court]].}}

* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: Trolls are slightly larger and much uglier than most faeries, with greenish skin, protruding teeth, and black-and-gold eyes. They turn to stone in sunlight, but will recover when no longer exposed. Troll blood breeds true even when mixed with human. Ravus, the one major character who's a troll, is a little intimidating but a genuinely good guy, although it's indicated in other books that this isn't true of all trolls.

* [[Geeky Analogy]]: Corny comes out to his ''[[Star Trek]]''-loving parents by saying "You know [[Slash Fic|that forbidden love Kirk has for Spock?]] Well, me too."

* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Nicnevin, {{spoiler|Silarial, too}} because she cares about nothing but getting her way.

* [[I Know Your True Name]]: Faeries can be controlled by their true name, therefore full names are a closely guarded secret.

* [[Important Haircut]]: In ''Valiant'', Val shaves her head on the train after discovering her boyfriend's affair with her mother.

* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Roiben.

* [[True Sight]]

 

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