A girl makes a secret sacrifice to the faerie king in this lush New York Times bestselling fantasy by author Holly BlackIn the woods is a glass coffin. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives....Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. 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. But as Hazel grows up, she puts aside those stories. Hazel knows the horned boy will never wake.Until one day, he does....As the world turns upside down, Hazel has to become the knight she once pretended to be.The Darkest Part of the Forest is bestselling author Holly Black's triumphant return to the opulent, enchanting faerie tales that launched her YA career.
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The Darkest Part of the Forest
von Holly Black
A girl makes a secret sacrifice to the faerie king in this lush New York Times bestselling fantasy by author Holly BlackIn the woods is a glass coffin. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives....Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. 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. But as Hazel grows up, she puts aside those stories. Hazel knows the horned boy will never wake.Until one day, he does....As the world turns upside down, Hazel has to become the knight she once pretended to be.The Darkest Part of the Forest is bestselling author Holly Black's triumphant return to the opulent, enchanting faerie tales that launched her YA career.
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Rezension von BellezhoI thought The Darkest Part of the Forest had an interesting premise and an engaging world, although I personally would have loved more detailed world-building. Holly Black creates an intriguing atmosphere with the fae, the cursed forest, and the town’s strange relationship with magic, but I felt there was still a lot more that could have been explored. The characters were decent, but I never fully connected with Hazel. To be fair, most of the main characters are teenagers, so their decisions often felt immature and impulsive, which is realistic but also made it harder for me to relate to them at times. The romance was probably the most confusing part of the book for me. In the beginning, the story strongly implies that the prince sleeping inside the glass coffin is somehow destined for Hazel. She is the one who has admired him for years, eventually frees him, and even wakes him with a kiss, so naturally it feels like the story is building toward them ending up together. Instead, the plot takes a completely different direction when it turns out that Severin has been in love with Hazel’s brother, Ben, all along. While I don’t mind unexpected twists, this one felt somewhat abrupt. Hazel’s connection to Severin after freeing him seemed to lose significance very quickly, and Ben’s jealousy toward Hazel earlier in the story also didn’t feel as meaningful in hindsight. Overall, the relationships felt a little chaotic to me. Another thing that made the book harder to get through was the chapter length. Many of the chapters felt extremely long, which slowed the pacing and made it difficult for me to stay motivated. I actually ended up putting the book down for several months before finally finishing it. The writing itself was perfectly fine, but in the end, the novel simply didn’t leave much of an impression on me. I had expected a lot more, especially because The Cruel Prince is still one of my all-time favorite fantasy series by Holly Black. Unfortunately, The Darkest Part of the Forest never captured that same magic or excitement for me. Overall, I’d give it 3.2/5 stars. It’s not a bad book by any means…I can definitely see why others enjoy it, but it just didn’t live up to my expectations or leave me feeling particularly invested.
Rezension von Liin4,5⭐️ This made me so happy!!! And all the characters are all so precious ahhhh
Rezension von mareikiMit dem HC-Mädel kann ich wirklich wenig anfangen. Dank ihrer oberflächlichen Art & den detaillierten Beschreibungen diverser Outfits, die ich als unnötig empfinde, habe ich es nicht geschafft, die eigentlich interessante Story zu genießen. Mystische Wesen + düstere Stimmung ergeben eigentlich immer eine gute Sache, den queeren Hauch fand ich auch super. Aber oberflächliche Snowflake-Teenies? Mh... nee, habe mich da total krampfig durchbeißen müssen.