‘’Tales are told of a village so plagued by ghosts that bells are hung over the doors, to keep them from slipping in at night. In certain houses the cooks bake three loaves of bread, two to eat and one to bury. In some towns you would as soon slit your own throat as wear red in winter or yellow on a wedding day. And even kings must bow low when they see a dead man walking, lest the departed take offense and take hold of their hand.’’ Hinterland. A land of magic, darkness, violence. A land for

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I have been wanting to dive into this little novella for like EVER! Each and every story within Tales From the Hinterland had it's own little creepiness to it. I honestly really enjoyed diving into this because of how badly I wanted to do so after finish the first two books. There's just something about the creepiness and darkness that just sucks you in. Trust me, it will and it did for me. So, yeah, I enjoyed all the dark things coming my way.Out of the twelve stories, I don't think I necessari...

"There was a girl who spoke to the moon. That isn't enough to make a tale, but to her the moon spoke back."When I read The Hazel Wood back in 2019 I liked it, but what I really wanted was to read the collection of fairytale-like stories that were repeatedly referenced. I know I wasn't alone in that thought, so it was so exciting when Melissa Albert announced she was publishing the entire collection. Some of the stories were ones I remembered from the first book, but others were entirely new to m...

I feel like this did for me what neither THE HAZEL WOOD or THE NIGHT COUNTRY was quite able to achieve. I loved the backbone of the author's series, all set around this fictional book of stories, but I think somehow things just never quite connected for me. I liked some bits, others would fall flat; almost like in the telling of point A to point B I would find myself lost and tangled up. But this volume? I couldn't look away.This author truly shines in short stories. But more than that, she shin...

[ARC Provided by NetGalley, my review is unbiased]Wordpress Blog | TwitterI read The Hazel Wood back in 2018, two years ago, and my only wish was that Melissa would publish the book of short stories mentioned in The Hazel Wood. I finally got my wish, and this was very good, but not quite as good as I wanted it to be.It was hard to ignore the repetitive themes, mothers, childbirth, evil men and sharp knives. Every story seemed to be about a bride, and every man and boy seemed to be evil. Every re...

To all my readers whose first language was fairy talesIs anyone else fascinated by fairy tales? I am. I love fairy tales, the darker the better, in my opinion. Melissa Albert has created brand new fairy tales, so dark and so creepy that they're far from the beloved Disney films. There are no heroes and damsels in distress, no knights in shining armour, or just one evil. These fairy tales are full the brim with shady enchanters, bloodthirsty girls, foolish princes, desperate witches, murderest pr...

These are some dark fairytales 😈

Ah, the Hinterland. Seems like an absolutely terrible place to take a vacation, but the best setting ever for dark fairy tales. I can’t get enough of Melissa Albert’s Hazel wood series, and this collection of dark fairy tales set in the Hinterland (some featuring familiar characters, some populated by new faces) was no exception. I don’t think there’s anyone out there doing better work in the traditional dark fairy tale sub-genre at the moment than Albert, who hooked me with her world building w...

Collections of stories that exist in other novels seem to be gathering popularity lately, and in this case, I think it really works. I was dying to read these all through the Hazel Wood duology, and in a rare turn of events, I think I like them a bit more than the actual novels. They’re dark and deliciously creepy, sometimes with a grim, fairytale-like moral and sometimes not, and while I liked some more than others, I never found my attention wandering in any of them. It’s almost perfectly pace...

I love a collection of fairy tale-esque stories, especially when it pairs with the world of a book I've already read. These tales were dark and creepy and all of that, so I did enjoy it overall. But, it got to be really repetitive. 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. That doesn't mean I didn't like them but I just knew where it was going to end up after...

this is one of my favorite books of 2021! find the others in a once in a lifetime (or annual, depending on you look at it) series here: https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.co...------------My first favorite book of the year...happening in the first month of the year?It's more likely than you think.And since usually I end up five starring less than 10% of the books I read in any given year, I was thinking "not very likely."Dear Melissa Albert: Thank you for making this book (which I basically had

If you've ever wondered which literary world would be the best to live in, wonder no longer, cause there's a BookTube Video to answer that! The Written Review : 4.5 stars The Door That Wasn't There The voice she heard was so thin and rustling, she could almost believe it was leaves against the window. There once was a rich merchant who had a wife and two daughters. When his wife died, he found another. But the new wife was not pleased to be a mother and she locks the daughters in the

What a delightfully twisted collection of tales and fables! From the author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country comes the elusive treasury of stories which inspired the events in the series. These are not your mother’s fairy tales, and certainly not things you want to read before bed at night. Melissa Albert has delivered the dark feminist stories from your wildest dreams and most menacing nightmares.Fans of The Hazel Wood series have long asked for Tales From the Hinterland, the book that A...

Being a huge fan of The Hazel Wood I knew I needed this immediately. Um, yes, I want the magical fairytale book that ruins Alice's life and is also so elusive no one can get a copy (LOOK I GOT A COPY 😪👌🏻ahem let me pretend it was hard). So these are the collection of tales from the book that haunts Alice, and I definitely recognised references. A few didn't come up in Hazel Wood though, so that was nice to read some new ones. I really loved the imagination, the darkness and chill endings, the ma...

Update: I'VE FINALLY GOTTEN TO READ THIS Deliciously creepy in every single way. "The Skinned Maiden" "Ilsa Waits" and "The Door That Wasn't There" are particularly delightful. "The Skinned Maiden" will chill you deeper than your bones. I just *know* the finished copy of this book is going to be BREATHTAKING. ORIGINAL SCREAMING: DID I BEG FOR THIS OR DID I BEG FOR THIS?considering this was my first thought after finishing the hazel wood (besides how much i absolutely loved it) you could say I'm

A series of short stories written in Melissa Albert's characteristically atmospheric style, most of which I enjoyed. That being said, I only really read this because the cover was beautiful I was curious to see how Alice's story ended (spoiler alert: there were no demon princes or exorcisms whatsoever), and ended up feeling pretty bored through some of them. Definitely recommend if you've enjoyed Albert's previous works.

This collection of 12 creepy fairy tales reminded me of my first reading of the original stories by the Brothers Grimm. I remember being shocked when I read the actual fairy tale stories where the evil stepsisters cut off part of their feet to make the glass slipper fit, people were executed inside barrels studded with nails, and witches ate children. Disney definitely cleaned things up a bit before making cute movies based on the old stories! Melissa Albert takes the feel of those old cautionar...

Absolutely perfect! The stories were great and the art and illustrations were stunning. Great companion novel to The Hazel Wood.