Alyssa's Netherling, Queen-of-Wonderland side is beginning to take over her human side. What I did love very much was the way Howard brought the sinister aspects of Wonderland to life, and the way she made them invade the real world in a way that feels totally wrong but deliciously right. It's pretty much all of Jeb's personality, besides artistic ambition. I didn't really feel them anymore, which is a shame, because Alyssa's love for Jeb is a lot of the driving force of her character. They've been together for a year, but for most of that time they've been separated-he in London, being an artist, she at home, going to school. One of the first aspects that threw me off was the relationship between Jeb and Alyssa. On the other hand, I wanted to throttle the vast majority of the major characters, and that's never good, is it?

On the one hand, I read it nearly straight through, and I found myself amazed by a lot of the prose and a lot of Howard's twists on Wonderland lore. My thoughts are a bit all over the place with this one. Through the rabbit hole again, she'll face a deadly battle that could If Alyssa stays in the human realm, she couldĮndanger Jeb, her parents, and everyone she loves. In very disturbing ways, and Morpheus warns that Queen Red won’t be far Glimpses of Wonderland start to bleed through her art and into her world World with trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he’s forgotten. Tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challengingĬreep closer, Alyssa juggles Morpheus’s unsettling presence in her real Simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from anĪsylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. Prestigious art school in London she's always dreamed of. Is graduate high school and make it through prom so she can attend the

Seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen Red. Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly Rating: While the language remains lush and the worldbuilding inventive, I had issues with both the plot and the characters this time around.ĭown the rabbit hole and faced the bandersnatch.

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