Valiant
by Holly Black
Taste attributes: fantasyteenmonster/alien/supernaturaladventurefresh & originalimaginarylinearglossyfish out of water/culture clashcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and fresh: a polished fantasy novel. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
4.5 / 5
4 ratings
About This Book
Seventeen-year-old Val runs away to New York City, where she falls in with a gang of squatters who live in the city's subway system and consort with faeries, trolls, and other strange creatures.
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- Author
- Holly Black
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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