#15 in Urban fantasy
Ironside
- 336
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Ironside” brings Holly Black’s “Modern Faerie Tales” to a close with a light, adventurous young adult fantasy of faerie magic in the modern world. Its publisher recommends it for readers aged fourteen and over. Some readers are troubled by how the series treats its female characters, noting that one returning heroine barely appears until the final chapter. As a third volume, it builds on what the first two set up.
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About the book
Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Holly Black. It was published in 2007 by the Margaret K. McElderry imprint of Simon & Schuster and is recommended for readers aged "14 and above".
Reading order · Modern Faerie Tales
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7.37.3 / 10 - ValiantValiant–Not ranked yet
- IronsideThis book
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 81 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 81 | 100% |
Frequently asked
What age is Ironside for?
Ironside sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 336 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
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