Kaye and her mother had been staying at her grandmother’s a week already, and even though Ellen kept saying they’d be leaving soon, Kaye knew they really had nowhere to go. Kaye was glad. She loved the big old house caked with dust and mothballs. She liked the sea being so close and the air not stinging her throat. Can you use that stuff, honey?” His mother was in Janet’s room, folding a new pair of secondhand jeans. She held up a T-shirt with rhinestone cats on it. “Think your sister will like it?”

Kaye ignored her, taking the stairs two at a time in the dark. There was nothing she could say that would explain what had happened. The first half of Tithe was not very interesting. It was absolutely boring to be honest. But when (gorgeous) Roiben came into the picture I became more invested (*wink*). If it wasn't for Roiben I might have DNF-ed this, he made it worthwhile.For New Jersey and New York readers: Name all of the real locations that were mentioned in the three books -- for example: Allaire State Park, Café des Artistes, etc. After a failed attempt to receive help from her "imaginary" faerie friends, Roiben and Kaye attend the rave. They are separated, and Kaye successfully locates her friends, but briefly leaves them to apologize to Janet's boyfriend for bewitching him earlier in the novel. However, she finds that the kelpie who lives near the waterfront has taken Janet into the water to kill her. In the novel, it is suggested that Janet went with him out of loneliness and a desire to get revenge on her boyfriend for going off with Kaye. Kaye follows but is too late and she manages to convince the kelpie to relinquish her body. Roiben finds Kaye mourning for her friend and gets her home.

How does Tithe compare with other fairy tale books you've read in the past? Did you like the modern setting?The characters are.....meh. They are nothing compared to the characters in The Cruel Prince. Kaye wasn't that likable, I don't know why. She just rubbed me off the wrong way. She didn't have that much personality, just kind of...bland I guess. She just smokes, goes to parties or clubs or whatever. Also, she literally let her best friend's boyfriend kiss her. TWICE. Maybe she gets better, I don't know because I don't want to read the next book. It was painful. It's like listening to a child with ADHD jumping from one thing to the next. Everything seemed so rushed that you don't get a single connection to the story.