Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”
Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.
Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.
Review
I received with thanks an ARC copy of The Hazel Wood
(The Hazel Wood #1) from Penguin Random House UK & Netgalley.
This is my true and honest review of The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert. This was released for publication on 8th February 2018.
This is my true and honest review of The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert. This was released for publication on 8th February 2018.
This is a haunting tale of Alice who has lived on
the road with her mother for most of her life. Alice and her mother are estranged
from Alice’s grandmother a cult author of a collection of dark fairy tales. One
day Alice hears that her grandmother has passed away and that her mother has
been left The Hazel Wood a place that Alice’s mother does not want to return to.
Alice’s mother finally decides to settle down, meets and marries a man that has
money. But one day Alice comes home from school to find that her mother has disappeared.
Now it’s up to Alice and a boy from her school, who is obsessed with her grandmother’s
tales to find her mother.
Alice is a likeable main character who is written
with multiple layers. I liked the dynamic between Alice and Finch. This was a
dark and haunting tale. My main drawback was this did not keep my attention as I
hoped it would. I think I will definitely try to read this again once the hype
has died down.
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