Don't Let The Forest In

The deliciously dark and dangerously addictive New York Times bestseller, f rom the author of the sensational The Boy Who Steals Houses . Wilder Girls meets A Deadly Education in this queer dark academia YA horror , filled with twisted fairy tales and monsters that will keep you up at night.

Compulsively readable.

Perfect for any reader who has looked into the sharp mouths of disturbing fairy tales and found themself entirely at home.

A bloodied tale of toxic romance and botanical horror, this book will ensnare you like the tendrils of a haunted forest.

We can't recommend this enough. A queer dark academia horror that's as haunting as it is addictive . . . The writing is poetic, and made even better with the gorgeous illustrations inside. Great asexual rep, and a banging cover.

This is definitely a read for horror fans - not for the faint hearted!

Forests can be places of light & wonder or darkness & fears. They are best kept
at bay, at least that is what anyone who knows anything about horror
thrillers and fairytales would tell you! But that doesn't seem to stop Andrew
following his fellow boarding school friend Thomas into one. It just so happens
there is one right outside their school... Does that make it any safer?
Andrew writes twisted fairy tales for Thomas to read & illustrate but this term
something has changed, Thomas has changed, his drawings are coming to life in
the forest. As the boys battle the monsters nightly their obsession with one
another & the creatures grows stronger. What will they have to do to
overcome these terrors? They will have to do it together no matter what.

We can't recommend this enough. A queer dark academia horror that's as haunting as it is addictive. Andrew writes twisted fairytales and Thomas brings them to life through his art - until the monsters start becoming real and attacking their school. It's an atmospheric read, and a dark fever dream. The writing is poetic and made even better with the gorgeous illustrations inside. Great asexual rep, and a banging cover.

CG Drews is the author of A Thousand Perfect Notes, The Boy Who Steals Houses and Don't Let the Forest In. CG's work has been translated into five languages and was nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal and won the 2020 CBCA Honour Award. CG lives in Australia, never sleeps and is forever buried under a pile of unread books.