Descrip­tions

Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she drifts from place to place with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms-a struggle that could very well mean her death.

Description anglaise:

The novel begins in a bar in Philly, where Kaye's alcoholic rock-singer mother's boyfriend tries to kill her. For their own safety, mother and daughter quickly move back to grandma's on the New Jersey shore where Kaye grew up. This ugly turn of events was all rigged by the Faerie world, as it turns out, a world Black describes in deliciously vivid, if rather overblown, detail. Kaye, a drinking, smoking, foul-mouthed high school dropout in the land of mortals, soon finds herself embroiled--as a human sacrifice, no less--in a battle between Faerieland's Seelie and more malevolent Unseelie courts. The beautiful, mysterious knight Roiben, torn between worlds himself, falls in love with Kaye--the brave, clever changeling--against his better judgment. Throughout the electrifying journey to the horrific underworld of this modern faerie fantasy, teen readers will relate to a hard-luck tough girl who feels alienated, discovers her best qualities in the worst of circumstances, and finally finds a place between worlds where she can feel at home.

Traduction approximative:

Le roman commence dans un bar à Philadelphie, où petit ami Kaye de l'alcoolique roche-mère chanteuse tente de la tuer. Pour leur propre sécurité, mère et fille rapidement revenir à la grand-mère sur la côte du New Jersey où Kaye a grandi. Ce vilain tour des événements a été truqué par tous le monde de Faerie, comme il s'avère, un Noir du monde décrit dans délicieusement vivante, si plutôt exagéré, détail. Kaye, un boire, de fumer, mal embouché décrochage scolaire élevé dans la terre des mortels, se retrouve rapidement mêlé - comme un sacrifice humain, pas moins - dans une bataille entre Seelie Faerieland et plus malveillantes tribunaux Unseelie. La belle, mystérieuse chevalier Roiben, déchiré entre deux mondes lui-même, tombe en amour avec Kaye - le brave, intelligent changelin - contre son meilleur jugement. Tout au long du voyage électrisant aux enfers de cette horrible fantaisie moderne faerie, les lecteurs adolescents se rapportent à une fille dur pis qui se sent aliéné, découvre ses meilleures qualités dans le pire des cas, et trouve enfin une place entre les mondes où elle peut se sentir à la maison.

The novel begins in a bar in Philly, where Kaye's alcoholic rock-singer mother's boyfriend tries to kill her. For their own safety, mother and daughter quickly move back to grandma's on the New Jersey shore where Kaye grew up. This ugly turn of events was all rigged by the Faerie world, as it turns out, a world Black describes in deliciously vivid, if rather overblown, detail. Kaye, a drinking, smoking, foul-mouthed high school dropout in the land of mortals, soon finds herself embroiled--as a human sacrifice, no less--in a battle between Faerieland's Seelie and more malevolent Unseelie courts. The beautiful, mysterious knight Roiben, torn between worlds himself, falls in love with Kaye--the brave, clever changeling--against his better judgment. Throughout the electrifying journey to the horrific underworld of this modern faerie fantasy, teen readers will relate to a hard-luck tough girl who feels alienated, discovers her best qualities in the worst of circumstances, and finally finds a place between worlds where she can feel at home.