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The Darkest Part of the Forest

By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
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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...

©2015 Holly Black (P)2015 Hachette Audio Fantasy Fiction LGBTQ+ Literature & Fiction Magic Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Royalty Heartfelt Dream

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Enjoyable story & great narration. Nice twist on the usual fairytale roles of prince, knight, changeling etc.

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An enjoyable and twisty yarn, with some nice flips from traditional fairytale tropes. A lot of fun, with some surprisingly moving moments.

Brilliant

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I don’t know why I was so shocked at how good this book was. Yet another beautiful piece of writing from Holly. She truly is one of the best at writing extraordinary fairy tales that don’t merge into the sea of every other fantasy book nowadays. Perfect narrator for this book too. 5 star, chefs kiss 😘👌🏻.

Just perfect 👌🏻

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It was a good story, but Sir Hazel a kind of Jude actually in love with Jake aka Cardan, an insignificant prince.

Good

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It's an ok story, with decent characters that I vaguely cared about, and its easy to follow, The big reveal is somewhat signposted and felt a little underwhelming, and the ending seems to drag on well past when it should.

Kind of anti-climatic

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