Review: The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

Title: The Darkest Part of the Forest
Author: Holly Black
Published: January 13th 2015
Date Read: April 28th – May 4th 2016
Read In: English

In the woods is a glass coffin.

It rests right on the ground, and in it sleeps

a boy with horns on his head and ears as

pointed as knives...

Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. Tourists drive in to see the lush wonders of Faerie and, most wonderful of all, the horned boy. But visitors fail to see the danger.
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. But as Hazel grows up, she puts aside those stories. Hazel knows the horned boy will never wake.
Until one day, he does...
As the world turns upside down, Hazel has to become the knight she once pretended to be. But as she's swept up in new love, with shifting loyalties and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?



I've bought this book a while ago because i really liked that cover. The story was interesting, even though i haven't read any books by Holly Black before and didn't know anything about her Faeries.

I think i expected something else, because the synopsis sounds to me like Hazel and Ben go hunting together. Well, they did when they were younger, but they don't in this book. The horned boy was a charming character. Hazel and Ben were alright. I'd recommend this book to readers of Holly Blacks other books. I was somehow annoyed by her way to write the word Fairy.

Review: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Title: Glass Sword (Red Queen #2)
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Published: February 9th 2016
Date Read: April 20th - 27th 2016
Read In: English

Mare Barrow's blood is red –

the color of Common Folk –

but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tris to control.

The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince – the friend – who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.

But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.

Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known – and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

I was really excited for this book because the ending of Red Queen made me rate it 5 stars, so naturally i wanted to know how the story went on. Well, i liked Glass Sword, but not as much as i liked Red Queen. Most of the book was about recruiting people and training them. It wasn't that interesting and i was glad when the author began to skip lots of recruits.

I've read a lot of reviews about Glass Sword, many missed Maven (i didn't), even though he is the evil one. And lots said the ending was great, but when i read it, i actually thought it was quite obvious something had to happen because the author plans two more books. So that end didn't quite surprise me. But apart from all that, i liked this book and would recommend it.

April Book Haul.

I'm kinda late for posting my April Book Haul, but one part of my order from Amazon got lost on its way to me, so i had to write down what happened and then waited for their answer... Well, they said it was their own fault (i don't know why) and sent me my ordered books again over night express.




 Legend - Berstende Sterne by Marie Lu (Champion, Legend #3)
 Daughters unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
 Half Lost by Sally Green
 Flawed by Cecelia Ahern

I could've bought Champion in english, yes, but i already own parts #1 and #2 in german, so i bought the third book in german aswell. It just looks better on my shelf when the books look alike