How long does it take to read Ironside?
A Modern Tale of Faerie
Ironside by Holly Black takes about 6 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Modern Tale of Faerie
Previous: Valiant
About 6 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2007. 330 pages, about 90,750 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When pixie Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Magic, Fairies, Supernatural, Young adult fiction
