Thank you to NetGalley and Red Rogue Press for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
When Alice’s adventures in Wonderland came to an end, she found herself unable of retelling her stories to whoever would listen. Her parents, concerned, seek medical advice and Alice finds herself locked up in an asylum.
Now at 15 years of age Alice is desperate to get out, even if that means she has to pretend Wonderland never existed. She is quick to agree to a medical procedure in hopes that she’ll be out in time to go to her sister’s wedding. However, Alice finds herself changing her mind when she catches a glimpse of what her future may entail after the surgery.
The White Rabbit quickly comes to the rescue, helping Alice escape but with his own motives. He needs Alice to kill the Queen of Hearts. Alice finds herself in close quarters to the Queen and will do anything to get back home to her family. When scandal, love and mystery begin to get involved with her mission, Alice finds herself teetering on the edge of losing her head.
When I read the synopsis for this book, I was so eager to read it. This is a tale of after the famous Alice in Wonderland and how her life has drastically changed since that magical experience and I loved the idea of it starting with Alice being held in an asylum.
However that was as far as my love went for this book unfortunately. I felt that the story was quite bland in all honesty and was a bit of a disappointment. I felt like the plot was choppy and very rushed at the end.
Another big problem I had with this book is that I felt like Alice was very much a secondary character in her own story. She made no real decisions about her life, allowing other people to decide what she was to do until the very last section of the book and for me, that was too late for me to feel emotionally connected to Alice.
Rosamund’s chapters were enjoyable at the beginning but then it just felt very repetitive and just felt very bland. I honestly would have liked to have read more about her childhood and her relationship with her sister rather then read conversations she had with her dead lovers.
I wanted to like this book, I wanted to fall in love with a re-telling of Alice which touched on how her life had changed after Wonderland but I honestly couldn’t find myself connecting with the story or the characters.
Rating: 2/5 stars
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