The Darkest Part of the Forest

by Holly Black

Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill monsters and feel quite proud of themselves. Even a girl who carries spiders outside instead of stepping on them, a girl who once fed a tiny fox kit with an eyedropper every two hours until wildlife rescue could come and pick it up—that same girl can kill and be ready to do it again.

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Sometimes Ben told stories about how he would free the prince, with three magic words—words he’d never say out loud in front of Hazel.

I wonder if Ben has made his own faerie bargain…