Once again, Black examines the intersection between self-reliance and guilt.

Hazel and Ben will have to confront long-buried secrets if they want their town to survive. Fairfold's fragile equilibrium tips when Hazel frees imprisoned Prince Severin, setting in motion a war with Severin's father, the Faerie king. Hazel's own bargain with the Folk causes her many sleepless nights. The Fae gifted Ben with a supernatural musical ability that he cannot control. Like most residents, siblings Hazel and Ben fear and desire the magic that hovers just out of reach. Its citizens live in uneasy détente with the surrounding forest's magical Folk. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The Darkest Part of the Forest is bestselling author Holly Black's triumphant return to the opulent, enchanting faerie tales that launched her YA career. Hazel knows the horned boy will never wake.Īs the world turns upside down, Hazel has to become the knight she once pretended to be. But as Hazel grows up, she puts aside those stories. Since they were children, Hazel and Ben have been telling each other stories about the boy in the glass coffin, that he is a prince and they are valiant knights, pretending their prince would be different from the other faeries, the ones who made cruel bargains, lurked in the shadows of trees, and doomed tourists. Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. A girl makes a secret sacrifice to the faerie king in this lush New York Times bestselling fantasy by author Holly Black

The darkest part of the forest