The Hazel Wood

“An eerie, assured first novel. Albert occasionally entwines the haunting tales of the grandmother’s book through this mesmerizing narrative, creating a fantasy as lush and twisty as ivy.”—The Washington Post

“One of those rare young adult fantasy novels that holds a self-contained world in only a few hundred pages. If the novel’s heroine is a teenage girl, then her story will appeal to readers of all ages, with its intrigue and strange fairy tale magic and very grown up writing.”—Esquire

“A can’t-miss, dark, and creepy new take on fairy tales that will have you glued to the page until the very end.”—BuzzFeed

“This book will be your next literary obsession. Welcome to the Hazel Wood, where bad luck is a living thing, princesses are doomed, and every page contains a wondrously terrible adventure—it’s not safe inside these pages, but once you enter, you may never want to leave. The Hazel Wood is pure imagination candy.”—Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval

“Alice’s sharp-edged narration and Althea’s terrifying fairy tales, interspersed throughout, build a tantalizing tale of secret histories and magic that carries costs and consequences. There is no happily-ever-after resolution except this: Alice’s hard-won right to be in charge of her own story.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

”Highly literary, occasionally surreal, and grounded by Alice’s clipped, matter-of-fact voice, The Hazel Wood is a dark story that readers will have trouble leaving behind. The buzz for this debut is deafening, and the fact that the film adaption is already in the works doesn’t hurt.”—ALA Booklist, starred review

“Simultaneously wondrous and horrific, dreamlike and bloody, lyrical and creepy, exquisitely haunting and casually, brutally cruel. Not everybody lives, and certainly not ‘happily ever after’—but within all the grisly darkness, Alice's fierce integrity and hard-won self-knowledge shine unquenched.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“An empowering read that will be especially popular with fans of fairy-tale retellings.”
—School Library Journal, starred review

“Fans of the dark supernatural will gobble this up, their only disappointing being that only two of Alice’s grandmother’s tales are related in full.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

“A breathtaking dive into the magic and importance of story in one’s identity. Albert’s exquisite wordsmithing and story weaving have kept the stars aloft for a new generation of readers.”—Shelf Awareness

“This book will be your next literary obsession. Welcome to the Hazel Wood, where bad luck is a living thing, princesses are doomed, and every page contains a wondrously terrible adventure—it’s not safe inside these pages, but once you enter, you may never want to leave. The Hazel Wood is pure imagination candy.”
—Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval