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Faeries. Knights. Princes. True love. Think you know how the story goes? Think again ... From the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles comes a dark, dangerous and utterly beautiful faerie tale, guaranteed to steal your heart.

Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries' seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.

In the forest of Fairfold, lies a glass casket. Inside the casket lies a sleeping faerie prince that none can rouse. He's the most fascinating thing Hazel and Ben have ever seen and they dream of waking him.

But what happens when dreams come true? In the darkest part of the forest, you must be careful what you wish for ...

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12 - 18 years
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337 pages
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English
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Orion Children's Books
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5 Feb. 2015
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Near the little town of Fairfold, in the darkest part of the forest, is a glass casket. Inside lies a sleeping faerie prince that none can rouse. He's the most fascinating thing Hazel and her brother Ben have ever seen. They dream of waking him - but what happens when dreams come true? In the darkest part of the forest, you must be careful what you wish for . . .

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Faeries. Knights. Princes. True love. Think you know how the story goes? Think again . . .

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About the Author

Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children, including Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick series. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award and the Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library. Her website is www.blackholly.com. --This text refers to the library edition.

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Praise for The Cruel Prince:
Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book. Black's world is intoxicating, imbued with a relentless sense of peril that kept me riveted through every chapter of Jude's journey. And Jude! She is a heroine to love--brave but pragmatic, utterly human. This delicious story will seduce you and leave you desperate for just one more page.--Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

Praise for The Darkest Part of the Forest: A Kids' Indie Next List Book of the Year
Lush settings juxtapose the wild, alien nature of Faerie against the normalcy of mortal existence.--School Library Journal

Praise for The Wicked King:
*A stunning and compelling sequel.----SLJ, starred Review

* [S]pellbinding.... Breathtaking set pieces, fully developed supporting characters, and a beguiling, tough-as-nails heroine enhance an intricate, intelligent plot that crescendos to a jaw-dropping third-act twist.--Publishers Weekly, starred review

* Another fantastic, deeply engaging, and all-consuming work from Black that belongs on all YA shelves.--School Library Journal, starred review

* Jude, who struggles with a world she both loves and hates and would rather be powerful and safe than good, is a compelling narrator. Whatever a reader is looking for--heart-in-throat action, deadly romance, double-crossing, moral complexity--this is one heck of a ride.--Booklist, starred review

*[A] dangerous journey filled with mystery, betrayal, intrigue, and romance.... Larger-than-life action in a kingdom packed with self-centered, evil, and manipulating characters also doles out real life issues.--VOYA, starred Review

*A heady blend of courtly double-crossing, Faerie lore, and toxic attraction swirls together in the sequel to THE CRUEL PRINCE.... Black's writing is both contemporary and classic; her world is, at this point, intensely well-realized, so that some plot twists seem almost inevitable.--Kirkus, starred Review

*A rare second volume that surpasses the first, with, happily, more intrigue and passion still to come.--Booklist, Starred Review

*Black returns here to the dark faery realm that spurred her initial success, and if anything, she's only gotten better, writing with an elegant, economical precision and wringing searing emotional resonance from the simplest of sentences. --The Bulletin, starred review

*Black returns to the realm of faerie for her latest novel, and the results, as any of her fans would expect, are terrific. --VOYA, starred review

Black's stark, eerie tone; propulsive pacing; and fulsome world building will certainly delight her legion of fans.--Booklist

I require book two immediately. Holly is the Faerie Queen.--Victoria Aveyard, #1 bestselling author of The Red Queen series

It's an enjoyable read with well-developed characters and genuine chills.... --Publishers Weekly

Like a true fairy tale, Black's story weds blinding romance and dark terrors, but her worthy heroes are up to the challenge of both. --The Horn Book

This edgy, dark fantasy will be a hit with young adults who like their magical creatures to live in a recognizably contemporary world. --Library Media Connection

This is a heady blend of Faerie lore, high fantasy, and high school drama, dripping with description that brings the dangerous but tempting world of Faerie to life. Black is building a complex mythology; now is a great time to tune in.--Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to the library edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00LM9S7WG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion Children's Books; 1st edition (5 Feb. 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2416 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 337 pages

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Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner and a Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into 32 languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library.

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Georgiana89

Another enjoyable read from the master of books about the fae

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2019

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Having just finished and loved The Wicked King, I was keen to read something else by Holly Black. This standalone book is set in the same overarching world as both that and her older Tithe series, though bar a few cameos and cross-references is mostly unrelated. But after several books about the fae, the author has really researched the lore and developed her own expansive mythos.

This book had quite an interesting style and tone. The Folk of the Air series is 90% second world/portal fantasy and Tithe is about a seemingly ordinary girl being stunned to discover (or rediscover) the existence of magic and fairies. But this almost borders on magic realism. It’s set in a small town in America, that’s normal except for the fact that it completely acknowledges and accepts that the fae live alongside them. Otherwise down-to-earth characters wear charms and leave out milk. One fairly normal teenage boy is openly acknowledged to be a changeling. And a sleeping elf prince is a glass casket in the forest has been a tourist attraction for generations. I loved this combination of the fantastical and the day to day.

Inevitably, the elf prince awakens. Inevitably, the main character visits faerie. And inevitably, there’s some inter-species romance. But none of that plays out in quite the way you might have imagined and it’s all balanced nicely with general family, town, and personal dynamics. It really keeps you guessing and the ultimate conclusions are very satisfying. Ultimately, it didn’t grab me in quite the all-consuming way that Wicked King did, but it’s still a very enjoyable read.

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Zili Robins

Clever concept

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2020

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3.5 Stars in my Sky!

The concept is very clever. There are some Snow White sleeping in a coffin elements, with a twist. What I always enjoy about Holly Black's books is the world building and how the fae are not fluffy fairy tale creatures but far darker!

For the most part, I liked Hazel as a character although would have liked more character development. I wasn't a big fan of all the random kissing. It was also nice the way things developed with Severin. I was glad we didn't get the usual girl ends up with the prince plot...

We are treated to changelings and fairy legends as well as the usual coming of age teen drama. The sections about Hazel's and Ben's forgetful and neglectful parents were hard to read but worked well in juxtaposition to the fairy world.

I'm a big fan of Holly Black's books and while I did enjoy The Darkest Part of the Forest, it wasn't my favourite of her stories! The writing has the usual HB description and detail but, and I'm surprised to be writing this, the plot isn't as compelling as I was expecting. I read another review, describing the plot as fragmented, which I sort of agree with. That being said I did like the story, I just wanted a little more. Perhaps I'm just greedy.

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Tall Girl

Not even close to the Cruel Prince series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2019

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I loved the Cruel Prince series. I'd read fantasy before , but hadn't read much about faeries before that, and was pleasantly surprised by how interesting the concept is. Holly Black wrote exquisitely in the Cruel Prince, and her writing was still good in this book too. The main issue I had with this story was the plot and the characters. I liked the protagonist, Hazel, well enough. She was strong-willed, brave etc. However, all the others characters were a bit dull and 2D and I don't feel like their motives were fully explored. For this reason, the plot just dragged and dragged with no sense of direction. By the time I got to the end of the book, I found myself not caring about the characters or anything that happened. wanted to love this book but I'm really disappointed that it didn't quite meet the mark.

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Louise Marley

The Darkest Part of the Forest

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2018

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After discovering YA fantasy over the summer, I have had a lovely time catching up on authors' backlists. I've particularly enjoyed reading Holly Black's urban fairy stories. Each one is set in the same world yet mentions characters from her other books, so it's like catching up with old friends. The Darkest Part of the Forest is a standalone, so you don't need to have read her other books to enjoy it - which is lucky, because I seem to be reading them backwards!

In the forest outside the town of Fairfold is a glass casket containing a sleeping faerie prince. He's been there for as long as anyone can remember and has become quite a tourist attraction. Ben and his sister Hazel find him fascinating and long for him to wake up ... but the sleeping prince isn't the only faerie creature in the forest.

I loved this story because it took several well-known fairy tales and turned them on their head (Snow White, Kate Crackernuts, etc). I thought it great that it was a prince in the glass casket who needed rescuing and, although there is a bit of a romance, the characters don't necessarily end up with who you think. I loved the way the inhabitants of Fairfold had long since become used to supernatural creatures straying over their boundaries, and the hapless tourists who took selfies of themselves with the prince, but usually ended up becoming faerie fodder!

Recommended for anyone who loves YA fantasy and fairy tales with a dark, urban twist.

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Beautifully twisted

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2019

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This is one of the first Kindle books I bought, back when I didn’t even have a Kindle and read on my PC using the App. Funny, how it’s taken me so long to get round to reading it. I wish I hadn’t waited. I thought this was a corker of a book. I love fairy tales, the darker the better so this was right up my street. Black offers a twisted take on Sleeping Beauty. What’s not to love? This is a truly original book. It was a pleasure to read. I got completely lost in the strangeness of Fairfold and the lives of Hazel, her twin Ben and the mysterious horned boy. I’ve never read the author before though I’ve heard a lot of good things about her. I really need to read more of her work.

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