The Clockwork Bride was also interesting. Particularly I enjoyed The Skinned Maiden the most, and The Door That Wasn't There made me think of Coraline so that was extra unsettling for me. Or just if you want something unsettling for a dreary day. I do think if you liked the Hazel Wood you'd definitely love the sinister nature of this, it's worth the read. It read like a real book of fairy tales, with a feminist twist. The writing is great and suits the stories, it's very atmospheric and pulls you in. That doesn't mean I didn't like them but I just knew where it was going to end up after awhile. They all follow the same basic structure of a female protagonist being oppressed, mostly by males, and then rising above it in a creepy, weird way that gives a not so happy ending. These tales were dark and creepy and all of that, so I did enjoy it overall. I love a collection of fairy tale-esque stories, especially when it pairs with the world of a book I've already read. Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny, it's one of the very best books I've read in years' Jennifer Niven, author of All The Bright Places

'Magical, mesmerising and inventive.' Karen McManus, bestselling author of One of Us is Lying The highly anticipated collection of stories set in the creepy, haunting fairytale world first introduced in Melissa Albert's internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Hazel Wood series. In this brutal and beautiful world a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice - and still lives.īut it's not safe inside these pages, and once you enter, you may never want to leave.

Journey into the Hinterland, where every page tells a wondrously terrible adventure. Grimm's Fairy Tales meets Ransom Riggs in this deeply creepy, gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve original pitch-dark fairytales, from international bestselling author of The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert.

Tales from the hinterland