{"id":5208,"date":"2025-12-18T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2025-12-18T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T06:05:00","slug":"hazelthorn-by-c-g-drews-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5208","title":{"rendered":"Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hazelthorn<\/strong> by CG Drews<\/a>
on October 28, 2025
Genres:<\/strong> Young Adult Fiction \/ Horror<\/a>, Young Adult Fiction \/ LGBTQ+ \/ Bisexual<\/a>, Young Adult Fiction \/ Neurodiversity<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 368
Format:<\/strong> Hardcover<\/a>
Buy on Amazon<\/a>
Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n

C.G. Drews delivers another masterclass in gothic horror with Hazelthorn<\/em>\u2014a story that\u2019s as hauntingly beautiful as it is deeply unsettling. From the first page, I was completely drawn into Evander\u2019s lonely, claustrophobic existence within the sprawling Hazelthorn estate. Trapped in a locked room for years, his isolation is so vividly rendered that you can almost feel the walls closing in. Drews perfectly captures that aching sense of loneliness and fear, making Evander\u2019s world as suffocating as it is mesmerizing.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere is dripping with dread\u2014lush, eerie, and laced with decay. The forbidden garden is a character in itself, pulsing with something dark and hungry, its creeping tendrils always just at the edge of sight. When Evander\u2019s benefactor dies and his door mysteriously unlocks, the story blooms into a tangled mystery full of family secrets, betrayal, and the chilling question of what really lurks behind Hazelthorn\u2019s red door.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s Laurie\u2014the charming yet dangerous grandson who may have tried to kill Evander years ago. Their dynamic is electric: part enemies-to-lovers, part psychological thriller. As Evander\u2019s fragmented memories begin to surface, the tension between them builds, blurring the line between love and destruction. What if Laurie isn\u2019t the villain he\u2019s always believed? What if the real horror lies somewhere else\u2014perhaps in the soil itself?<\/p>\n

By the final chapters, I was completely hooked, racing through the pages to uncover the truth. Hazelthorn<\/em> is eerie, emotional, and utterly consuming\u2014a story about grief, obsession, and what happens when something rotten takes root and refuses to die. Fans of We Have Always Lived in the Castle<\/em> and Andrew Joseph White will devour this one.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 4\/ 4.5
Vibes:<\/strong> Gothic horror, decaying beauty, botanical dread, and a romance that burns slow and dangerous.<\/p>\n

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Hazelthorn by CG Drews on October 28, 2025 Genres: Young Adult Fiction \/ Horror, Young Adult Fiction \/ LGBTQ+ \/ Bisexual, Young Adult Fiction \/ Neurodiversity Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads C.G. Drews delivers another masterclass in gothic horror with Hazelthorn\u2014a story that\u2019s as hauntingly beautiful as it is deeply unsettling. From […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}