Currently reading ~ The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (click for more)

Tales from Hinterland

Stay away from the hazel wood!

Alice has spent most of her life on the road, always one step ahead of the strange bad luck biting at her heels. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive author of a book if pitch dark fairy tales, dies alone in her isolated estate ~ The Hazel Wood ~ Alice discovers how bad her luck can really get.

After purchasing this book back at the end of October last year (amongst many others)  it took me a couple of attempts to get into this book,however I'm glad I stuck to it as I was pleasantly surprised by how beautiful it is written, and how different it is to anything I have ever read. This isn't your classic fairy tale book! It sucked me in even on my morning commute on a busy bus, the background noise seemed to disappear around me as I got sucked into the tales of the Hinterland.

The Hazel Wood is a bewitching fantasy for readers. It is a truly alluring tale that reveals the danger, darkness, and death hiding behind every "Once upon a time," but it is author Melissa Albert's dreamlike prose that will have you under her spell, 

"My mother was raised on fairy tales, but I was raised on highways. My first memory is the smell of hot pavement and the sky through the sunroof, whipping by in a river of blue. My mom tells me that’s impossible—our car doesn’t have a sunroof. But I can still close my eyes and see it, so I’m holding on to it."

Can we also appreciate how beautiful the hard back edition is (main image) I purchased the paperback edition (above) but I may have to invest in the hardback, if I love a book I do usually buy hardbacks however they're not always great when commuting or for putting in my work bag (hence the weight) does anyone else do this?

The next book?...six of crows by Leigh Bardugo, cant wait to start this as I love the grisha trilogy.

Kat x