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Valiant
- Modern Tale of Faerie, Book 2
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-colored powder that makes the shadows around her dance. Severe Luis claims he can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. And then there's Luis' brother, timid and sensitive Dave, who makes the mistake of letting Val tag along as he makes a delivery to a woman who turns out to have goat hooves instead of feet.
When a bewildered Val allows Lolli to talk her into tracking down the hidden lair of the creature for whom Luis and Dave have been dealing, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus. He is as hideous as he is honorable. And as Val grows to know him, she finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
Best-selling author Holly Black follows her breakout debut, Tithe, with a rich, harrowing, and compulsively readable parable of betrayal, abuse, friendship, and love.
Critic reviews
"Exotic, sexy undercurrents....deliciously overripe writing, and [an] intoxicating, urban-gothic setting." ( Booklist)
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 31-08-07
Valliantly told
An excellent example of the Urban Faery Tale told very, very well. My only trouble with this is the feeling that I'd come in partway through the story. Turns out that Valiant is the middle book of a trilogy (though it stands alone very nicely in the end).
The Fae in the book are suitably otherworldly and far less human than those encountered in Neverwhere (albeit a Neverwhere under New York rather than London). The humans are just that - human, with all the strengths and weaknesses that entails.
An excellent listen, over all-too-soon. Look forward to hearing the other books in this series!
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- Rebecca Alden
- 29-06-21
Long time fave book
Took me a while to get used to the voice but I'm also just getting into audiobooks so it may just be that. There were a couple of points I really didn't like in the performance but overall I mostly blocked it out and just paid attention to the story I love 💜
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- Jessica Wolfe
- 03-08-18
Interesting if a little thin
I'm a fan of Holly Black and I like her writing style and the characters she creates. This story was interesting, but felt a little thin. While well formed I missed the twists and turns and intrigue from other books by Holly. I'm happy I read it, but it's not a must read.
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