The Darkest Part Of The Forest

Black, H. (2015).  The darkest part of the forest.  NY:  Little, Brown, and Company.  Hazel lives in a unique town named Fairfold with her brother Ben.  The horned prince breaks out of his glass coffin after many years.  It is up to Hazel to save her town from the monsters.  Hazel's character drastically changes throughout the book.  When we meet Hazel, she is drunk, kissing boys at a party and seems like she is lost.  Then, we see that she is a caretaker of her brother.  Finally, we learn that Hazel has been dividing her waking and sleeping hours.  At night, she has been a knight.  Hazel saves her prince, brother, and town. Readers will enjoy the setting of the story.  Fairfold is a place of faeries, changlings, and elves. I though the beginning of the story was slow, but as soon as it got past the teen dating, I was hooked. I loved the strong character that Hazel became.

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