Title: The Darkest Part of the Forest
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Author: Holly Black
Pages: 324
Publisher: Little, Brown Books
& Hachette Australia
Formats: Paper back, eBook/Kindle,
Audiobook
Imagine you live in a small
town and in said town there was a tourist attraction. Local businesses thrive
on selling souvenirs and for generations the local kids have held parties at
this attraction. Tourists travel from far away to gawk and take selfies in
front of the attraction. Now imagine that this “attraction” is not a monument
or a big banana, but a horned boy that has been locked away in a crystal coffin
in the middles of the woods for as long as the town has existed. This is the
town of Fairfold where our story is set.
“Once, there was a girl who vowed she would
save everyone in the world, but forgot herself.”
― Holly Black, The Darkest Part of the Forest.
― Holly Black, The Darkest Part of the Forest.
Hazel and her
brother love the horned prince and when he is suddenly no longer there; his
casket is smashed and there is no trace of him to be found; they decide to find
him. That they need to find him, protect him. But they don’t understand what it
is exactly that they will be protecting him from.
With a central
message that runs deeper than just what lies at face-value, it is a story that
is guaranteed to capture you and drag you into its dark pages.
The Darkest Part of the Forest is a beautifully constructed novel. Filled with darkness and a creep factor of ten. Holly Black has really out done herself this time. This novel is so easy to fall into. It will make you believe in faeries once again.
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