Alice

leeann_smith shared a tip "First off, wow. In the “Old City” sits a hospital, if that’s what you want to call it. Rather it’s like one of those olden “insane asylum” that you send any family member that’s “different”. Anyway, there sits this woman named Alice. Yes the Alice from the tea party. However she doesn’t know how she wound up in this hospital, all she remembers is a tea party, long white ears, and blood. One night in the hospital, it catches fire and she has the chance to finally get free. Now she is free to found out the truth of what happened the years before the hospital and what exactly made her mad enough to land her there. She wasn’t the only thing that escaped the flames, something else, something dark and powerful, escaped as well. Now she has to track the monster in the Old City where the Rabbit is waiting for her. This is the most unlikely retelling I have ever read. This is a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. In this reimagined version it is 10 years after she first met the Rabbit. She has been in an “insane asylum” and she knows that shes mad. Unlike the true Alice in Wonderland, there is really no Wonderland to access, just different places within the same “city”. There is the New City and Old City. The New City, proper, taken care of, rich. The Old City, riddled with crime, crime bosses, territories, and evil beyond means. The book has generally the same characters, however do not expect them to be good, caring, loving. Remember this is a dark retelling. The book has what you can assume is a Mad Hatter. There also exists Cheshire, Caterpillar, Rabbit, Walrus, and Carpenter. The heroes of the story are not always meant to be that way. The book does have sexual assault, sex trafficking, abuse, and honestly a lot of killing. It does have a lot of traumatizing events, do not go in thinking it will be as happy as the original Alice. The book does have magic riddled in and you never know where the book will take you. Alice and Hatcher have a lot of self development. I didn’t expect what I got from this book. It was really good in my opinion, but I loved it for the gasp moments and the fact that it was so different from the original! If you can get past the triggers, and love a book with darkness and pushing on the insane then this book is a wonderful short read."

shilia_doherty shared a tip "I really enjoyed this book it is a darker telling of the story Alice and wonderland and is very different from the origional I will say that there are definitely darker themes and it has some trigger warnings that some people may not be able to handle and it is definitely for an older audience I would say"

cryptid_witch shared a tip "Ahhh I forgot about this book I read it back in elementary school (why did the school have this) and I remember loving it I'm gonna hunt down a copy i have to reread it."

amv_lover shared a tip "I just finished this and it was insanely good ! There was alot of gore in it and the writing was very well done. My favorit characters were Alice and Cheshire. I hope more people start reading this and lost boy from this author. This was a 4 out of 5 for me. Can't wait for the 3nd book in this thrillogy to arrive! #retellings #brutal #gore #fantasy #magic #18plus"

lacey_roberts shared a tip "Listen to the e-book version, it is absolutely amazing and such a refreshing take on Alice in Wonderland. Downloading the sequel Red Queen now!"

raven_morehead shared a tip "I love this book because of the dark vibes and creepy story. I definitely recommend this book to people who like messed up stories!"

iamaddictedtofictionalmen shared a tip "I absolutely loved this book! I reread it several times in the span of a month. I would read certain scenes over and over again. Hatcher definitely is an interesting character, and I kind of developed a crush on him soley from his personality lol. The story makes you feel like you fell down the rabbit whole but it's an amazing adventure!"

katy_mathis shared a tip "I LOVED this book. It was an amazing, dark and twisted retell of Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland. I only bought the first book and finished it in 1 day! I am now itching for my Amazon package to get here with the second book!!!!"