"Tithe" by Holly Black

I need to read this again to gather details and such.

For the most part, it is beautifully written I can picture every character, especially Roiben and Kaye. The imagery is outstanding.

But Faery seems too…

Chaotic. I know, as a fey land, it really shouldn’t be pristine; in fact, the contrary is true. But you’d think Ms. Black would set up Faery so that things didn’t seem so hard to comprehend. It almost seems like everything is next door or right on the next city block. She never says anything about how far places are from other places, only that the characters are in these places at random given times.

She also never tells how Corny met this Nephemael dude. (I think that’s his name. I may be mistaken, but honestly I don’t have the motivation to go downstairs and check.)

(SPOILER ALERT!)

I also would like to see a sequel! I wanna know how good Roiben is at being the Unseelie king. What kind of ruler is he? Is he a Caesar, a Nero, a Brutus? Maybe a King William of Orange? (It would be neat to be a king or queen of Orange. I love citrus fruits – HA! I made a terrible funny. I’m sorry.)

By the way, Roiben is THE most attractive book character I’ve read about since Xeke from City Infernal by Edward Lee. (Another book, by the way, that I will probably review in the future.) And of course Ron Weasley. He is GORGEOUS. Not Rupert Grint (ok, him too, but we’re talking about book characters here), but the actual Ron Weasley. Except… It’s gotta be in the last two or three books. The thirteen-year-old Ron does nothing for me. (Ha! Ha!)

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