Rachel's Review: Tithe by Holly Black

Kaye Feirch was always considered odd, because she had "Little Fairie Friends" who used to watch her and play with her when she was young. Now 16-years-old, Kaye's friends have disappeared since she moved back to her Grandma's. Her mom is scrambling, trying to find another band to start so she and Kaye can get a new home. Kaye decides to go to a party with her best friend Janet, but when she walks home after enchanting Kenny, Janet's boyfriend, Kaye finds "The Dark Knight". His name is Roiben, and he is a fairie. He is tall, has silver hair, and is badly wounded when she finds him. There are two courts, the Seelie, which is the good court, and the Unseelie, the bad court. Roiben is the Knight of the Unseelie court, and has to obey everything his Queen demands. Problem is, Halloween night is soon, and on that night, there is a "tithe" given of human blood to bond the fairie folk not in a court to the rules of the courts. The Unseelie queen ordered Roiben to bring Kaye in for the tithe. It becomes a battle of wits, and of love, when Roiben and Kaye fall for each other and Roiben has to kill her.
Rating: 4Q, 4P