They settle into a life in New York, but Alice keeps waiting for the darkness to find them.īook Reviews 'Skinful Of Shadows' Delights Without ReservationĪlice enlists the help of her classmate, Ellery Finch, a Hinterland fanboy who just seems happy that Alice has finally noticed him. When the news comes that her grandmother has died, it seems like maybe Alice and her mother can finally catch their breath. Alice doesn't know her grandmother, who shut herself away in an estate called the Hazel Wood before Alice was even born, but she is secretly obsessed with her and the elusive world that she created. It's a book so rare and compelling that it has die-hard fans who've never even read it - including Alice.
They can't ever seem to escape their family legacy: Alice's grandmother is a famous author, who wrote a book of dark fairy tales set in a mythical world called the Hinterland. Will it deliver what you want like a golden box full of perfect snowmelt from atop the highest mountain? Or will you open the box to discover the cut-out heart of a poor maiden who never had a fair shot?Īlice has spent her whole life on the run with her mother, almost as if something terrible is chasing them. It's a writer problem: now and then, a book comes along with a premise so delicious that you wish you'd thought of it.
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