Ironside by Holly Black

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Ironside-by-Holly-Black:In-the-realm-of-Faerie,-the-time-has-come-for-Roiben’s-coronation.Uneasy-in-the-midst-of-the-malevolent-Unseelie-Court,-pixie-Kaye-is-sure-of-only-one-thing—her-love-for-Roiben.-But-when-Kaye,-drunk-on-faerie-wine,declares-herself-to-Roiben,-he-sends-her-on-a-seemingly-impossible-quest.Now-Kaye-can’t-see-or-speak-to-Roiben-unless-she-can-find-the-one-thing-she-knows-doesn’t-exist:-a-faerie-who-can-tell-a-lie.Miserable-and-convinced-she-belongs-nowhere,-Kaye-decides-to-tell-her-mother-the-truth—that-she-is-a-changeling-left-in-place-of-the-human-daughter-stolen-long-ago.Her-mother’s-shock-and-horror-sends-Kaye-back-to-the-world-of-Faerie-to-find-her-human-counterpart-and-return-her-to-Ironside.But-once-back-in-the-faerie-courts,-Kaye-finds-herself-a-pawn-in-the-games-of-Silarial,queen-of-the-Seelie-Court.-Silarial-wants-Roiben’s-throne,-and-she-will-use-Kaye,and-any-means-necessary,-to-get-it.-In-this-game-of-wits-and-weapons,-can-a-pixie-outplay-a-queen?Holly-Black-spins-a-seductive-tale-at-once-achingly-real-and-chillingly-enchanted,-set-in-a-dangerous-world-where-pleasure-mingles-with-pain-and-nothing-is-exactly-as-it-appears.