Tales from The Hinterland Review
Hi friends! This is going to be a short post since I’m taking the rest of the week off. So here’s my Tales from The Hinterland review!
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Title: Tales from The Hinterland
Author: Melissa Albert
Rating: 3 Stars
CAWPILE: N/A
Genre: Fantasy, Fairytales, Retellings, YA
Content Warnings: Death, murder, kidnapping
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: January 14th 2021
Goodreads Description: 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.
Journey into the Hinterland, where every page tells a wondrously terrible adventure . . .
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.
But it’s not safe inside these pages, and once you enter, you may never want to leave . . .
I received a review copy from Penguin Random House SA. All opinions are my own.
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Tales from The Hinterland Review
I love fairytales, especially darker fairytales. The Hazel Wood was one of my favourite reads of 2018, so I was excited to read this novella. It’s been a while since I’ve read The Hazel Wood, so all the stories weren’t as fresh.
Some of my favourite stories in this book were The door that wasn’t there, Alice three times, The house under the stairwell, Isla waits, Twice killed Katherine, Death and the woodwife. Albert really knows how to weave disturbing fairytales.
I didn’t enjoy every story in this book, some were stronger than others. Overall I think this is a good companion book and it rounds out the series very well.
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I’m hit and miss with retellings. Enjoy your time away and find your joy.
Tales from The Hinterland sounds interesting. I like retellings but find them a bit hit and miss too.
This is why I am not a massive fan of short stories as there are always some stories that don’t quite hit the mark with then brings the overall rating of the book down. I’m also not a lover of fairy tale retellings so this wouldn’t be a book for me. Great review.
I actually discovered Melissa Albert through her podcast on B&N YA, but this sounds like the perfect place to start off with her books. Fantastic review 🤠