First published 2018
Seventeen-year-old Alice's grandmother wrote a book of dark, feminist fairy tales. But when Alice's mother vanishes, she discovers those stories are more than fiction. Teaming up with Ellery, an obsessed fan, Alice must enter the scary, magical world of the Hinterland to save her mom from its sinister grip. In a high-stakes race against time, Alice and Ellery navigate a landscape of witches, talking animals, and other menacing inhabitants, all while unraveling the mystery of Alice's family history and the origins of the Hinterland itself.
Genres: mystery, fantasy, dark-fantasy, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
400 pages · Paperback
Content warnings: violence