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Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.

Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.

At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.

Until one day, he does…

As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black will be our 5th GBR for March 2022.

Please read at your own pace, and hide any spoilers ☺ You are welcome to join at any time during the month ☺

Happy Reading Everybody!

Pre-Reading Questions -

Anybody got any thoughts on this one before we start?

Has anyone read anything similar to this before?

Anybody read anything else by this author previously?

i'll be reading this one tomorrow!

25% (view spoiler)[ Who tf takes gum from their crush, chews it themselves and then SAVES it!?! Ew wtf. So gross. (hide spoiler)]

50% (view spoiler)[ Awesome unnecessary HP reference. Great. (hide spoiler)]

75% (view spoiler)[ I do like seeing Hazel being all knight-y and shit. I was really pulling for a poly triad between Hazel, the prince and her brother. Not like the siblings being romantically involved with each other, but the prince being poly. It definitely could've been set up that way. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ This was enjoyable. It was a bit of a slow start to see everything come together, but I liked the mystery of it all. Also girls with swords yes please. Happy Ben is going to stay with the fae to learn music and how his magic works! (hide spoiler)]