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A fun retelling of one of my favorite stories.
See my review of the whole series on FickleLit
The bugs and flowers whisper to Alyssa Gardner. Alyssa is an artist. She creates imaginative landscapes with the bugs she collects and pins to her pieces. What she doesn’t realize is that she’s recreating images from the real Wonderland—not the cutesy Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonde ...more
"I’ve been collecting bugs since I was ten; it’s the only way I can stop their whispers. Sticking a pin through the gut of an insect shuts it up pretty quick.”
The bugs and flowers whisper to Alyssa Gardner. Alyssa is an artist. She creates imaginative landscapes with the bugs she collects and pins to her pieces. What she doesn’t realize is that she’s recreating images from the real Wonderland—not the cutesy Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonde ...more
I am so sad! This had the potential to be one of my favorite books of all time. My inner 90's Goth/Punk girl squeeeed at the skater boys, colored hair, Crow references and macabre insect art. And Howard took a dark twist on the already sinister Wonderland giving me a Return to Oz feel that sent shivers down my spine.
It would have been perfect if not for Jeb.
I mostly kept reading, hoping he would die a most gruesome death, although I give props to Howard for creating one of the most sinister vill ...more
It would have been perfect if not for Jeb.
I mostly kept reading, hoping he would die a most gruesome death, although I give props to Howard for creating one of the most sinister vill ...more
Descendant of Alice in Wonderland haunted by Wonderland. I like the Alice tales and this one was pretty good.
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I liked this book. It was a really good twist on Alice in Wonderland. I loved the main characters and their story as well.
I liked this book. It was a really good twist on Alice in Wonderland. I loved the main characters and their story as well.
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