The Hazel Wood [2018] book review// SPOILER FREE//
Would Recommend It If: you like fairy tales, but twisted. You like romance, but you need a break from it. You like teenage angst and rebellion, exactly the way it is. You like writing that sucks you in and never let’s you go.
Summarized Thoughts: I loved it a bunch, the writing was awesome, I couldn’t put it down. Would sell my kidneys for author to write more stories!
Where do I start with this wonderful book? I think Ill start with how I came upon this book. I’ve always been a crazy obsessive reader but for the past year, I went through a burnout phase where I just started books and could never finish them. it was nothing wrong with the stories obviously, I guess that my attention was so scattered that I could never commit to finish one book at all. Until this book came along, its gorgeous cover just pulling my eyes to it.
I picked it up because the cover looked interesting, but I was fully prepared to not finish it like the other books I picked up during my phase. But surprisingly... the story just sucker punched me right in my stomach and it. made. me. OBSESSED.
The writing, oh my god the writing, I don’t think I’ve ever been this enraptured by an authors writing. I’ve always liked stories and called them my favourites due to the amazing plot, characters or worldbuilding, but this persons writing just fits so well with the story that I was hooked. Its whimsical, magical and almost unreal.I DEFINITELY would be purchasing her to-be published books, her writing is so worth it. Its never dull or boring, trust me on that. I never found myself skipping paragraphs like I did with bland writings. Make way for Melissa Albert, our new fantasy queen.
The characters are amazing, Alice just puts all the other ‘rebellious yet strong’ characters to shame. Shes so unpredictably wonderful, I love her so much. Finch is amazing as well, also very unpredictable. Lets just say that all her characters have so much depth to them that Im convinced people like that exist. By the way, romance is just so overrated, who needs it when Hinterland matters so much more?
Buy it, just give it a shot. (unless you hate fantasy of course!)
