But I just couldn’t see enough of a comparison with the original Alice duology by Lewis Carroll to warrant calling this a retelling. “The world gobbles us and chews us and swallows us…I think happy endings must be accidents…But we hope for them all the same.” I enjoyed book 1, it was violent as hell and twisted but entertaining. At my first review I wrote that team Alcher reminded me just a little Joe Goldberg and Love but thankfully Alice didn’t say: “I wolf you” after the transformation of Hatcher. So let’s move on and keep our fingers crossed maybe this time we’ll get better story (I hope the author hasn’t been kidnapped during the writing process of the third book)!!! We got so far and we already have one short novella left and I got my ARC COPY as a lucky cow. I think we need a conclusion, closure and we need get HEA for team Alcher. Overall: Yes, first book is brilliant and this one made me lose my interest just a little bit but this story was not so bad, just mediocre, a kind of Switzerland read: I did not like so much but I did not hate it either. But I actually loved the unexpected turn even though the story’s direction will head us a very dark place. It may threaten the sacred bond between Alice and Hatchet. The big twist at the end changed so many balances about the story. I still loved the giants, Dark King and White Queen’s cursed story. Unfortunately her new and crucial obligation was saving Hatcher.Īt some parts I was really confused and I asked myself did somebody kidnap the author and write some parts while the author was banging on the trunk’s door and screaming for help! I think the story’s power and soul a little bit got lost at the darkest place of the woods and turned into a repeating at some parts. I wanted to see team Alcher continue to their bloody journey, fight against the obstacles, kick the White Queen’s ass but guess what? Something happened to Hatcher and Alice was all alone throughout the journey. I got it why this book had so many mixed reviews.

The red queen christina henry