Tithe

As a child, Kaye took her faerie friends for granted. Dragged back into their world as an independent 16-year-old, she discovers that it is no longer friendly, and is now patrolled by two competing rulers.

Kaye falls for the dangerous Roiben, but when she is chosen as the tithe – a sacrifice made by faerie courts to secure their subjects' loyalty – will Roiben save her?

Holly Black’s contemporary urban-gothic version of the fairy tale remains true to tradition, using the form to explore Kaye's transition from childhood to adulthood.