![]() Fairfold is bizarre because its faerie and human populations live in full awareness of each other. The Darkest Part of the Forest follows Hazel and her brother Ben, two teens who live in the strange town of Fairfold, Pennsylvania. Unsurprisingly, it was an exciting and fresh take on old faerie-story themes. While her most recent works dealt with organized magical crime ( The Curse Workers series) and vampires ( The Coldest Girl in Coldtown), I associate her so strongly with faerie tales that I was eager to snatch up this new one when it hit the shelves. Holly Black is one of my all-time favorite authors, and I was delighted when I heard that her most recent book, The Darkest Part of the Forest, would mark a return to stories about faeries. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. ![]() ![]() Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. ![]()
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