Not as good as Valiant. I couldn't relate to the characters and ultimately didn't much care what happened to them. ( )

Dit is een verhaal in de Elfhame serie van Holly Black.

Kaye is een gewoon meisje, die met haar moeders band meereist. Als ze op een bepaald moment weer bij haar oma gaan wonen. Wat Kaye niet weet is dat zij bij haar geboorte verwisselt is met een elfenbaby.
Kaye vindt, op een avond op weg naar huis na een avondje uit, een knappe man die gewond in de struiken. Ze kan de man, Roiben, niet uit haar hoofd zetten. Als ze later Roiben weer terug ziet, komt ze in de Faerie wereld terecht.
Leuk verhaal, met humor geschreven. ( )

After choosing the Darkest Part in the Forest as my first Holly Black book, I decided to look for her first stories in the world of Elfhame - before I read the Folk and Air series. . . I opened the page of Tithe - it sucked me in and spit me out - I loved this story. I enjoyed Kate being weird and didn't understand why everyone thought she was a looney. I didn't mind the foul language or the way they spoke as most teens do, maybe not in front of their parents.
Roiben is super mysterious, hot and strong. I liked Corny's part in the story, it felt that Kaye had made a better friend than Janet. ( )

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh I love books about faeries. ( )

Rating: 1.5 stars

I really wanted to like this book. I generally like Holly Black’s books. But this one... this one just didn’t do it for me at all.

I found the main character, Kaye, to be very juvenile. While I was reading, I envisioned her to be somewhere between 12-14 years old. At one point I even had to go online to see if I had picked up a children's book instead of YA. But, the back of the book says she is 16 and there is reference towards the end where she states her age. However, Kaye makes reference at one point to being too young to drive… but she is 16…?

Because Kaye feels so young, I found her habit of smoking to be uncomfortable and her budding relationship with Robin to be a little disturbing. Not to mention that there was zero chemistry between them so their kissing didn't really make sense to me.

The romance between Roiben and Kaye just seemed unbelievable and very disjointed. Nothing in the story points towards attraction on either of their parts. So it was weird for them to be kissing.

It was a quick read overall, but I found the characters to be vastly underdeveloped and there was no emotional depth or attachment. I did care when characters were missing or if they died.

Sadly, this is one of my lowest ratings ever. I do not recommend this one. ( )