by Melissa Albert
Once upon a time, Althea Prosperine wrote a small collection of dark fairy tales, Tales From the Hinterland. The book has long been out of print, and it is very difficult to find any copies of it. Althea has a cult following, and her living as a recluse in a remote Upstate New York estate called the...
This book has been reviewed many many times over, so I'll keep this short and sweet. Albert's writing style is lush, evocative, and very metaphor/simile heavy. It doesn't have the same simplistic style of many teen reads, and I really appreciated the language. I also appreciated that while Alice i...
I know that some people mentioned reading this book for Halloween Bingo 2018. It is definitely going to hit some bingo squares if you all are interested in reading this. You got "A Grim Tale," "Supernatural," "New Release", and I would argue "Suspense." Will have to check out the Goodreads tag on th...
'The Hazel Wood' feels fresh as its plot spirals its characters in what could have been well-charted territory in less-capable hands. This is being pegged as a teen novel, but I see opportunities with adult readers as well. Alice has spent most of her life on the road with her mother. She remember...
I listened to the audio of the novel and I thought Rebecca Soler did an excellent job as the narrator. I know that if I would have tried to read this novel, I wouldn’t have finished it. I really wanted to like this novel more than I did but I was having a hard time understanding the novel’s whole pu...
I received a copy from Netgalley. This is one of those strange conflicting books where I loved the premise, I loved the writing, the story but I hated the main character. Frankly, Alice was a giant bitch. (Narrative did reveal REASONS for her behavior but still.) Alice has spent most of her life...
I've learned my lesson. No more cover buys and I should read some spoiler-free reviews of the book first. I bought this mostly because it looks beautiful. The cover is lovely and so are the illustrations in the chapter headings. Unfortunately, the book itself was a huge disappointment.It's never a g...
[I received a copy of this book through Netgalley.]Kind of a darker retelling of “Alice in Wonderland”, down to the character’s name, but more hinged on fairy tales (the ones with not so happy endings, that is). Alice Crewe has spent her whole life going from one place to the other with her mother E...
This novel, aimed at the Young Adult readership, involves Alice trying to find out more about a book of fairy tales written by her grandmother. When the fairytale world and ours inter-mingle, problems arise and Alice ends up on a voyage of self-discovery. The characterisation is good with a fair amo...
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