The Darkest Part of the Forest is a 2015 young adult fantasy novel written by Holly Black.

[1] The book is a standalone but makes mention of characters from Black's Modern Tale of Faerie trilogy, establishing a shared continuity between that trilogy as well as the Folk of the Air series of books.

[2] The Guardian reviewed the book as "Holly successfully merges modern teenage life with faerie legends and creates characters that have real depth that you care about.

[4] Normal life in the town is disrupted when a glass coffin in the woods, which has held a sleeping horned boy for decades, is shattered, and Hazel suspects she is responsible.

This article about a young adult fantasy novel first published in the 2010s is a stub.