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Valiant

a Modern Tale of Faerie
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FindingJane
Jun 18, 2014FindingJane rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Ms. Black’s take on faeries is as far from Disney adaptations as you can get. Her creatures are sly, demonic and occasionally vicious beings, as likely to kill human beings as couple with them. Reading about how a bunch of foolish adolescent mortal blunderers try to navigate their immortal world makes for a hair-raising and terrifying tale. Nothing is quite what you would expect in this tale, a story where a lover is a monster, a girl becomes a hero and a faery is made into a sacrifice. Faery dust may make you fly but it also brings you crashing back to the ground. Like faery dust, Valiant is a splendid, giddy, horrifying joyride.