The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

'This book is highly recommended for selection, as it is an imaginative and emotional journey for the characters and audience. 'It's an enjoyable read with well-developed characters and genuine chills, though perhaps not as original as Black's earlier supernatural excursions. What begins as a freewheeling romp becomes, in Black's capable hands, a genuinely moving meditation on grief, falling in love and growing up.' - The New York Times Book Review - Sarah McCarry

Hazel and Ben's twinned sibling rivalry and love is beautifully complex, and their relatable human yearnings for the objects of their affections anchor the novel in the believable, despite the fact that said passions are for a comatose enchanted prince and a fairy changeling. 'A wickedly entertaining mash-up of genre conventions and enthusiastic subversions in which the perennial adolescent desire to be seen as normal takes on a whole new meaningthe novel'sreal delights lie in its main characters' relationships. With rapid-fire dialogue, lavish details, and a wildly imagined world, this will enthrall Black's fans from start to finish and leave them hoping for another bone-chilling vicarious tour of Coldtown.' - Booklist

A must-have for any teen collection.' - School Library Journal As always, Black's writing is quick paced and thought-provoking. Teens with a yen for dark, futuristic novels, and maybe even a few Anne Rice readers, will find this a refreshing take on vampire lit. You may be ready to put a stake in vampire lit, but read this first: It's dark and dangerous, bloody and brilliant.' - Kirkus

The Darkest Part of the Forest, is the bestselling author Holly Black's triumphant return to the opulent, enchanting faerie tales that launched her YA career. But as she's swept up in new love, with shifting loyalties and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough? Hazel knows the horned boy will never wake.Īs the world turns upside down, Hazel has to become the knight she once pretended to be. But as Hazel grows up, she puts aside those stories. Since they were children, Hazel and Ben have been telling each other stories about the boy in the glass coffin, that he is a prince and they are valiant knights, pretending their prince would be different from the other faeries, the ones who made cruel bargains, lurked in the shadows of trees, and doomed tourists.

Tourists drive in to see the lush wonders of Faerie and, most wonderful of all, the horned boy. Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives.

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black