Melissa Albert

Seventeen-year-old Ivy expects a normal summer break, but her plans are shattered when she and her boyfriend nearly run over a mysterious stranger on a dark, tree-lined road. This terrifying encounter is only the beginning. Soon, Ivy is bombarded by a series of chilling events, from a dead rabbit left in the driveway to strange, buried concoctions in the backyard. Even worse, Ivy begins to uncover corrupted memories that point to a shocking truth about her enigmatic mother. Decades earlier in 1990s Chicago, Ivy's mother Dana was a perceptive teenager who stumbled into a heady, dangerous world of the supernatural. Alongside her best friend, Dana's magical experiments quickly spiraled out of control, leading to a violent breaking point. Now, the dark forces Dana awakened during her own teenage years have returned to haunt them both. To survive the closing darkness, Ivy must dig into a past her mother desperately tried to bury. This gripping contemporary fantasy weaves together a mother and daughter's shared history, exploring the heavy price of magic, the weight of family secrets, and the terrifying consequences of making the wrong choices.

Alice Proserpine thought she had finally escaped the dark, menacing fairy tales of her grandmother's legacy. After surviving the twisted horrors of the Hinterland, Alice and the remaining dregs of the fairy tale world have washed up in New York City. She is determined to build a normal, unmagical life far away from the stories that nearly destroyed her. But the real world is not as safe as it seems. A mysterious killer is stalking the Hinterland survivors, picking them off one by one. As the gruesome murders escalate, Alice realizes that the deaths serve a terrifying and much darker purpose. She cannot hide from her past forever. Meanwhile, deep within the fading, collapsing world of the Hinterland, Ellery Finch is on his own dangerous adventure, desperately searching for a way back home. To stop the slaughter and save her friends, Alice must dive back into the mesmerizing magic she tried to leave behind. This gripping sequel plunges you back into a breathtaking universe of hidden doors and deadly secrets, proving that some stories refuse to end quietly.

Step into the brutal and beautiful world of the Hinterland, where magic is dangerous and fairy tales have teeth. Before Alice Proserpine's journey began, her grandmother Althea penned the legendary, cult-classic stories that started it all. Now, you can read the very same dark tales that captivated readers and unleashed supernatural chaos. This mesmerizing collection features twelve lush, sinister stories filled with eerie enchantments and deadly bargains. You will meet a young woman who spends a terrifying night with Death, discover brides who are wed to a mysterious house hidden in the trees, and follow an enchantress who is killed twice but refuses to stay dead. Each story pulls you deeper into a shadowy realm where nothing is quite what it seems and every wish comes with a heavy price. Filled with breathtaking illustrations and dripping with dark atmosphere, this anthology brings the infamous fairy tales to life. Whether you are returning to the Hazel Wood universe or entering it for the first time, these gripping stories will haunt your imagination long after the final page.

In the course of a single, freezing winter night, four people vanish without a trace from a quiet suburban town. Among the missing is Nora's estranged best friend, Becca. The two girls recently had a massive, friendship-ending fight, but Nora refuses to let Becca disappear without answers. As Nora digs into the mystery of the vanished four, she uncovers a string of cryptic, coded messages that Becca left behind just for her. These strange clues lead Nora deep into the dark history of their high school and straight toward a chilling piece of local lore. She soon realizes that a legendary goddess of forgotten origins, a figure that played a major role in Nora and Becca's childhood make-believe games, might actually be real. You will be pulled into an eerie, atmospheric mystery where the line between imagination and reality is razor-thin. Nora must unravel the secrets of this dangerous goddess born of female rage to find out if Becca is a victim or the one pulling the strings. Dark magic, toxic friendships, and supernatural thrills await in this haunting story.

Seventeen-year-old Alice has spent her entire life on the road, always running just one step ahead of the uncanny bad luck that haunts her family. But her luck finally runs out when her grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her mysterious estate known as the Hazel Wood. Soon after, Alice's mother is stolen away by a terrifying figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. The only clue left behind is a desperate warning to stay away from the estate. Refusing to lose her mother, Alice is forced to team up with her classmate Ellery Finch, a massive fan of the fairy tales who has his own hidden motives for wanting to help. To rescue her mother, Alice must journey to the eerie Hazel Wood and cross over into the dangerous, magical realm of the stories themselves. This captivating contemporary fantasy pulls you into a mesmerizing world where fairy tales are real, deadly, and waiting for you in the dark.