![]() Even having read the description, I didn’t anticipate how dark The Hazel Wood would be. With that said, the books are very different. I loved Girls Made of Snow and Glass and this was recommended as an up-and-coming book for fans who enjoyed Girls. I came to The Hazel Wood with some anticipation. ![]() As one would expect, Alice promptly sets out for The Hazel Wood in search of her mother, only to find truths about herself instead. Until one day they can’t run far enough and Ella is taken, leaving no clues except the warning to “Stay Away from the Hazel Wood,” the estate of Alice’s reclusive fairytale-telling grandmother. Ellery Finch on The Tales from the Hinterlandįor as long as she can remember, Alice and her mother have been running, running from bad luck, running from recognition. She’s like a war reporter who doesn’t give a fuck. And the author’s voice –your grandmother’s voice-is perfectly pitiless. ![]() They’re set in a place that has no rules and doesn’t want any. ![]() And they don’t happen for a reason, or in threes, or in a way that looks like justice. There’s just this harsh, horrible world touched with beautiful magic, where shity things happen. ![]()
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