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Don't Let The Forest In

A dangerously addictive queer YA horror and dark academia romance

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Don't Let The Forest In

By: CG Drews
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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 The deliciously dark and dangerously addictive New York Times bestseller, from 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.

'No one would want a heart like his. But he'd still cut it out and given it away.'

On the first day back at boarding school, Andrew can't wait to find refuge in the twisted fairy tales that he writes for Thomas - the boy with hair like autumn leaves.

But Thomas' parents have vanished, and he has blood on his sleeve. Stranger still, Thomas won't talk to Andrew, even though he's always loved sketching the monstrous creatures from Andrew's stories.

Desperate to discover the truth, Andrew follows Thomas into the forest and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster - his drawings have come to life.

To ensure no one else dies, the boys must battle the creatures every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew fears the only way to stop them might be to destroy their creator.©2024 CG Drews Horror LGBT LGBTQ+ Literature & Fiction Romance Emotionally Gripping Fantasy

Critic Reviews

Compulsively readable. (Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of She Is a Haunting)
Perfect for any reader who has looked into the sharp mouths of disturbing fairy tales and found themself entirely at home. (Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth and Hell Followed With Us)
A bloodied tale of toxic romance and botanical horror, this book will ensnare you like the tendrils of a haunted forest. (Lyndall Clipstone, author of Lakesedge and Unholy Terrors)
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! (Jasmine Brown)
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The book was good, 3.5 stars and the narration was really good except the main character is Australian and the narrator wasn’t very good at the accent :( it probably wouldn’t be a big deal if you aren’t Australian or super familiar with the accent but for me it was pretty hard to get past.
Still, not a deal breaker and it was a thoroughly enjoyable book and the Narrator was for the most part really great!

Good book :-|

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The biggest killer beside the open ending was the "Australian accent"
Bryce bullying him over his dead sister after 5 months was unbelievable as well.
I had a hard time trying to figure out if the monsters were real or not.

Worst Australian accent ever

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