I recommend this book to anyone looking for a modern-day fairy tale that’s like the original Grimm, not at all like the sweet and disarming Disney adaptations. As I mentioned in the Plot section, Albert has a way with words, and this is especially evidence in how she gets us invested in these characters within mere pages of their introduction. Ellery and Alice spend a lot of time getting to know each other, particularly while on the road trip to rescue her mother, and Albert provides so much intricate detail that it felt like I was in the car with them. Their romance isn’t in-your-face, like you usually get in fairy tales. She loves her, while at the same time she resents her for keeping her away from her infamous grandmother and her legacy.Įllery Finch is a perfect love interest. She’s been raised on the run–from the “curse” that seems to follow her and her mother–and her relationship with her mother is an interesting one. She isn’t what you’d expect the main character of this type of book to be like. She’s sarcastic with anger issues and she isn’t against dropping the occasional F-bomb. But how are you supposed to know what books are ‘must-reads’ until after they’ve already been out for a bit?Īlice isn’t like your typical protagonist. I’m doubly embarrassed for not reading this sooner. Have you preordered a copy of The Hazel Wood by melissaalbertauthor yet This one releases in January from flatironbooks and its a twisted dark.
Now I know why people were raving about this book last year. Albert lays out clues like bread bread crumbs, but I still didn’t know where they were leading until the twist smacked me in the face. The plot and pacing of this book is phenomenal. I found myself understanding her and her predicament almost immediately. 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. Because of this, I was able to get into the head of the protagonist, Alice, quite quickly. Melissa Albert writes with a beautiful, lyrical style that is quite unique. The Hazel Wood reads like a fairy tale, but set in a gritty, modern world with iPhones, baristas, and high school classes. Now Alice must team up with a fellow classmate–Ellery Finch–who just so happens to be an expert on the stories that her grandmother wrote. Together they will go to the Hazel Wood and uncover the truth about the Hinterland… Plot
Alice’s mother is kidnapped by someone who claims to be from the Hinterland. But this decision might have been a tad too hasty. She says they can finally settle down and place roots in New York. But when Althea dies, Alice’s mother is happy. Alice has spent her seventeen years of life on the road her mother moves them from place to place as mysterious bad luck seems to follow them wherever they go. Afterwards, she isolated herself in her enormous estate, the Hazel Wood, cutting herself off from the rest of the world. Althea earned her fame decades ago by penning a single collection of fairy tales about a strange place called the Hinterland. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert has been reviewed by Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine. Alice has never met her grandmother, infamous fairy-tale writer Althea Prosperine.
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