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C.G. Drews

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CG Drews is the award-winning NYT Bestselling author of Don’t Let The Forest In, Hazelthorn, and You Did Nothing Wrong. Their work has been translated into over 12 languages, was nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal, and won the B&N 2025 YA Book Awards, and are also Indie Next Picks and Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. CG lives in Australia under a pile of unread books. Find on Instagram as @paperfury and TikTok as @cgdrews or at cgdrews.com.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 120,621 ratings · 33,263 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 69,471 ratings — published 2024 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hazelthorn 4.21 avg rating — 24,176 ratings — published 2025 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Did Nothing Wrong 3.60 avg rating — 12,418 ratings — published 2026 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 6,446 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thousand Perfect Notes 4.16 avg rating — 4,872 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laurie (Hazelthorn, #0.5) 4.52 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scorpion Deep 4.58 avg rating — 809 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thomas (Don't Let the Forest In, #0.5) 4.39 avg rating — 553 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Steals Christmas 4.36 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kings of Nowhere 4.60 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You could cut me open and devour everything that I am. I would let you, I'd ask you to. But I have no idea what it means to you. What I mean to you.”
― C.G. Drews, Don't Let the Forest In

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“Everything inside me is in ruins," Thomas said. "For you.”
― C.G. Drews, Don't Let the Forest In

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“Chocolate is a substance worth existing for”
― C.G. Drews, A Thousand Perfect Notes

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February Book of the Month Poll

Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy

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Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews

5 votes, 12.2%

The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

5 votes, 12.2%

Bloodraven by P.L. Nunn

5 votes, 12.2%

Hearing Red by Nicole Maser

3 votes, 7.3%

Ocean's Blood by Thelma Mantey

3 votes, 7.3%

Prisoner by Megan Derr

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Her Spell That Binds Me by Luna Oblonsky

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