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The Hazel Wood - Melissa Albert
The Hazel Wood
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Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. 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,... show more
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. 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 fig
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ISBN: 9781250192196
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Pages no: 360
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy, Young Adult
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Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
4.0 Hazel Wood
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...
Folding Paper & Spilling Ink
Folding Paper & Spilling Ink rated it
4.0 The Hazel Wood
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...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it
2.0 The Fairy Tales Sounded More Interesting Than the Main Book
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...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it
4.0 The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
'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...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it
1.0 The Hazel Wood
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...
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