"Lush settings juxtapose the wild, alien nature of Faerie against the normalcy of mortal existence."- School Library Journal Praise for The Darkest Part of the Forest: A Kids' Indie Next List Book of the Year 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. 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.
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. A girl makes a secret sacrifice to the faerie king in this lush New York Times bestselling fantasy by author Holly Black
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