6/21/2023 0 Comments The hazel wood series book 3![]() She and her mother, Ella, have been on the run for as long as Alice can remember. A thrilling romance that could use more even pacing. Alice is a loner of a seventeen-year-old. The sequel to The Hazel Wood is The Night Country, and it releases January 7, 2020. The plot is fast paced although somewhat uneven: Most of the action resolves in the last quarter of the book, which makes the resolutions to drawn-out conflicts feel rushed. You can find out more about The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert here: There is plenty of intrigue and mystery, and while the pace isn’t breakneck, the story kept me turning pages long after my eyes begged for sleep. I found The Hazel Wood to be immersive, imaginative, and a book I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys the darker side to fairy tales. Author Melissa Albert creates dark twists and turns throughout the world as we think we know it and the one just beyond, where the stories pulse with their own life. ![]() She’ll lose her mother, her only friend, and even her life. ![]() Alice has never met her grandmother and her mother won’t let her read the book with its stories about the Hinterland.Īlice’s journey is dark and at times terrifying. Ella’s mother is Althea Proserpine, an author who’s only book is an out-of-print collection of odd fairy tales. She’s lived a unique life with her mother Ella, never staying in one place for too long-the shadows of misfortune haunting each step and often the reason they must pick up and move on. The book falls into the young adult category with its 17-year old main character Alice. ![]() ![]() The beautiful cover of The Hazel Wood caught my attention, but the story by author Melissa Albert is what kept me captive. ![]()
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