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A review by authorrachelcooper
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
5.0
Only Holly Black can tell stories about Faeries, and make me ache to believe that they are real.
In a town much like my own, much like yours, or anyone's really, are Faeries, living so close to the humans who have overpopulated so much of the world, that we can scarcely tell them apart.
In Fairfold, however, the Faeries have become a tourist attraction, due, in part to the horned boy sleeping in a coffin made of tears. This, of course, is our most dangerous mistake, and underestimating the Fae is a costly peril.
There is a darkness lurking in the forest near Fairfold, and though as children Hazel and Ben believe themselves to be monster slayers, they never dreamed that one day, when they grew up, they'd have to take up the mantle and become the very things they had been playing at for years.
When it comes right down to it, how can either of them presume to actually defeat the darkness? Suddenly, all their childish dreams come crashing down around them. The town of Fairfold is in grievous danger, yet who else but they will rise up to meet it? Who else could?
Holly Black makes a compelling case for all things magical in the Darkest Part of the Forest, and reminds us all what it means to believe in your dreams.
In a town much like my own, much like yours, or anyone's really, are Faeries, living so close to the humans who have overpopulated so much of the world, that we can scarcely tell them apart.
In Fairfold, however, the Faeries have become a tourist attraction, due, in part to the horned boy sleeping in a coffin made of tears. This, of course, is our most dangerous mistake, and underestimating the Fae is a costly peril.
There is a darkness lurking in the forest near Fairfold, and though as children Hazel and Ben believe themselves to be monster slayers, they never dreamed that one day, when they grew up, they'd have to take up the mantle and become the very things they had been playing at for years.
When it comes right down to it, how can either of them presume to actually defeat the darkness? Suddenly, all their childish dreams come crashing down around them. The town of Fairfold is in grievous danger, yet who else but they will rise up to meet it? Who else could?
Holly Black makes a compelling case for all things magical in the Darkest Part of the Forest, and reminds us all what it means to believe in your dreams.