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Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews
5.0

"𝔗π”₯𝔒𝔯𝔒 𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱π”₯𝔦𝔫𝔀 𝔒𝔩𝔰𝔒 𝔱𝔬 π”ͺ𝔒 π”Ÿπ”²π”± 𝔱π”₯𝔒 π”₯𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 π”°π”­π”žπ” π”’π”° β„‘'𝔳𝔒 π” π”žπ”―π”³π”’π”‘ 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔢𝔬𝔲. β„‘ 𝔨𝔫𝔒𝔴 β„‘'𝔑 𝔠𝔲𝔱 π”ͺ𝔢𝔰𝔒𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔦𝔒𝔠𝔒𝔰 𝔬𝔫 𝔢𝔬𝔲 𝔦𝔣 𝔴𝔒 𝔒𝔳𝔒𝔯 π”₯π”žπ”‘ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔠π”₯π”žπ”«π” π”’ 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔬𝔲𝔠π”₯, π”Ÿπ”²π”± β„‘ π”΄π”žπ”«π”±π”’π”‘ 𝔱𝔬." β„Œπ”¦π”° 𝔳𝔬𝔦𝔠𝔒 π”²π”«π”―π”žπ”³π”’π”©π”°, π”ͺπ”žπ”°π”°π”žπ” π”―π”’π”‘ 𝔬𝔫 π”Άπ”’π”žπ”―π”«π”¦π”«π”€. "𝔏𝔒𝔱 π”ͺ𝔒 𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔫 π”ͺ𝔢𝔰𝔒𝔩𝔣 𝔬𝔫 𝔢𝔬𝔲."

Published: 28/10/25 (ARC)
Genre: Horror, YA
Page count: 368
Format read: πŸ“±
Other books read by this author: 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 π‹πžπ­ 𝐭𝐑𝐞 π…π¨π«πžπ¬π­ 𝐈𝐧

I knew I would love this book after 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 π‹πžπ­ 𝐭𝐑𝐞 π…π¨π«πžπ¬π­ 𝐈𝐧, but love isn’t the right word. π‡πšπ³πžπ₯𝐭𝐑𝐨𝐫𝐧 has left me breathless; yearning; haunted. The botanical body horror, the crumbling mansion with its deadly secrets, the feral longing that make up the most poetic murder mystery you will ever read. I adored the boys with my whole heart; Laurie with his sardonic wit & effortless charm, & Evander, constantly berating himself for his autistic tendencies & the hole where his memories should be. The plot is as full of twists & turns as the vines that snake along ribcages & every shock feels like being bitten by thorns in place of teeth. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough & am left hollow with loss at finishing this visceral, suffocating, gothic masterpiece. 

Thankyou to CG Drews, Macmillan Children’s Publishing, & NetGalley for the ARC.