Valiant by Holly Black

Valiant by Holly Black is about Val, a seventeen-year-old girl from New Jersey. After some trouble at home, Val runs away to New York City. Initially, she intends to return home, but she meets some friends, and decides to stay. At first, things with her new friends are fine, but then Val realizes that there is something strange about them. She discovers that things in the world are not always what they seem, and falls into a strange new world of monsters, faeries, ogres, and evil. Val finds herself in the middle of a "war" between the dark faeries and the light faeries, and ends up having to do things she never knew she was capable of - including going home.

I really liked this book. It is definitely for a more mature audience because of some language and physical scenes. There were some references to Holly Black's other book, Tithe, which I also really liked. There is another "modern tale of faerie" book called Ironside, which I will also be reading soon!