The Hazel Wood

“The Hazel Wood” is the first in a duology written by Melissa Albert. The novel follows seventeen-year-old Alice, who has spent most of her life on the road with her mother, but when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, passes away alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood. After her grandmother's death, Alice's mother is stolen away - by a figure who claims to have come from the Hinterland, which is the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”

The novel was quite enjoyable and the novel had some dark elements. I gave the novel a 3/5 Stars.