Don't Let The Forest In

Compulsively readable. – Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of She Is a HauntingPerfect 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 UsA 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 TerrorsWe 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. * United by Pop *This is definitely a read for horror fans - not for the faint hearted! – Jasmine Brown * The School Librarian *

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

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.