Published: January 13, 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Author: Holly Black
Pages: 336
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy
Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.
Until one day, he does… As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.
Until one day, he does… As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?
THIS IS WHAT I CALL AN AMAZING STAND ALONE NOVEL!
Honestly, this book surprised me! It's an overused story but combines elements from the world now. It now simply ancient, it merges it with the mysterious and the modern, it's set in a normal little town.
It's an adventure packed book, it has drama elements and... well things you never imagined to happen.
It was a bit slow paced at the beginning, it took me quite some time to get to the middle of the book - BUT FROM THERE I read it in hours! It was so good! So don't get discouraged! Keep on reading. The plot was a little chaotic and left some things lacking their full potential.
There's a monster in our wood.
She'll get you if you're not good.
Drag you under leaves and sticks.
Punish you for all your tricks.
A nest of hair and gnawed bone.
You are never ever coming .... home
Holly Black's writing style was pretty good. The were a couple of moments when I was thinking: "OH, MAN! THAT SENTENCE IS PURE PERFECTION I WANT MORE!" I have never before read anything from Holly Black and/or anything fairy related (of you don't count the faeries in City of Bones, Ashes, Glass, can't remember anyway). So I'm impressed!
The characters had a really confident voice but sometimes whining and emotional which seemed real to me. The book didn't blow me away, but books don't have to blow you away to be entertaining. Especially when it moved from the fantasy feel to more of a darker tone. I love reading about fairy tales.
This I believe is the first fantasy/paranormal standalone novel I have read. I love that Holly Black managed to tell "The Darkest Part of the Forest" in one book. And it didn't feel unfinished like most of the 3,4,5 books in a series out there.
Definitely recommend this to people who love dark YA fantasy.
This I believe is the first fantasy/paranormal standalone novel I have read. I love that Holly Black managed to tell "The Darkest Part of the Forest" in one book. And it didn't feel unfinished like most of the 3,4,5 books in a series out there.
Definitely recommend this to people who love dark YA fantasy.
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