Valiant, Holly Black
Valiant, Holly Black
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Valiant
A Modern Tale of Faerie

Author: Holly Black

Narrator: Renée Raudman

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/13/2006


Synopsis

When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she’s trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city’s labyrinthine subway system.
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’s 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.

About The Author

Holly Black was born in a decrepit Victorian house much like the one the Grace kids move into. Her mother gave her books on ghosts and fairies and Holly spent a happy childhood cooking up imaginary witches brew with her younger sister. Black is an avid collector of rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls, and crazy hats. She resides in Long Branch, New Jersey.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Alaina on 2008-08-26 13:21:08

If you enjoy tons of swears, discusting behaivier,and an expected plot, go ahead and read. As for all the rest of you, who don't want their brains filled with trash, stay away. Holly Black seems like she is a good author, the description was god and the characters thought out but the plot was sickening. I even had to stop along the way because the wholebook together was too much. It shows adult themes, and the muder of animals and Magical Creatures. I'm sorry to say, this is THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!

Goodreads review by Elle on May 16, 2019

Ravus nodded again. “I will make you as terrible as you desire.” “I don't want to be-,” she started, but he held up his hand. “I know you're very brave,” he said. “Or stupid.” “And stupid. Brave and stupid.” Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. “But nothing can stop you from being terrible o......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on March 08, 2023

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Goodreads review by Heather on April 14, 2010

I hated loving this book. Having read Black's Titheand Ironside, I was none to keen on reading Valiant. Black has a penchant for writing about the scourge of human society, leaving me with a sense of filth, and therefore compelling me to exfoliate. None the less, Black’s writing is so perversely all......more

Goodreads review by toointofiction on December 30, 2022

"I like all the things that make you mostrous." Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐,8 ❗This review contains some spoilers❗ ⚠️Trigger Warning: Drug abuse, alcohol abuse, coarse language⚠️ So, I am steadily making my way through all of Holly Black's Elfhame books. The Stolen Heir will be released on January 3rd and there's......more

I wanted to love this book SO BADLY. I'd gone in expecting to be gushing its praises by the end of it- I mean, a book about fae from the Queen of Fae?? SIGN ME UP But this ended up being quite... underwhelming. “I like all the things that make you monstrous.” In Valiant, we follow 17-year-old Valerie R......more