Ironside
- Published
- 1 January 2007
- Pages
- 295
- ISBN-13
- 9781847393449
- Type
- novel
About this book
Ironside closed Holly Black's Modern Faerie Tales trilogy in 2007 at 295 pages, returning directly to changeling Kaye's story and her relationship with the faerie knight Roiben as a direct sequel to Tithe. It completes the grimy, morally indifferent modern-New-Jersey faerie world Black established across the trilogy, the harder-edged template she'd later be traced back to by readers who found her through the gentler Elfhame books.
Key facts about Ironside
Holly Black wrote Ironside, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2007. The book has 295 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781847393449 to find the main one.
Ironside is book 3 of 3 in The Modern Faerie Tales series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Tithe (2002).
Additionally, Holly Black writes The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Curse Workers and Magisterium, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy and romantic fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Thief of Night is the latest published Holly Black book on file, from 23 September 2025.
About Holly Black
Holly Black is an American author who has spent over two decades as one of the defining voices in young adult fantasy, moving between menacing faerie courts and other dark, richly imagined worlds. See every Holly Black book in order.
Its place in The Modern Faerie Tales
Ironside is book 3 in the The Modern Faerie Tales series. It follows Valiant. See the full The Modern Faerie Tales reading order.
Long before Elfhame's gilded courts made faerie romance a genre unto itself, Holly Black was writing faeries as genuinely dangerous, grimy, and morally indifferent to human life in this trilogy set in a modern New Jersey where the fae hide in plain sight among mall parking lots and rundown apartments. Each book follows a different protagonist -- runaway Kaye, who discovers she's a changeling; art student Valerie, fleeing an abusive relationship into an underground world of vampiric faeries; and Roiben, a faerie…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781847393449