The Looking Glass WarsAuthor: Frank Beddor
Series: The Looking Glass Wars (1)
Publisher: Penguin
How Received: library
The "true story" behind Alice in Wonderland! Princess Alyss Heart is brutally cast out of Wonderland by her vicious Aunt Redd, who beheads Alyss' mother (Off with her head, she cries!) and begins to rule over Wonderland with an iron fist. Alyss escapes from Wonderland and is exiled to another world entirely--Victorian London--where she is adopted into a new family, renamed Alice, and befriended by Lewis Carroll. At age 20 she returns to Wonderland to battle Redd, reclaim the throne, and lead Wonderland into its next golden age of imagination.
There's nothing I can say that Donna at Bites hasn't said.
So I shall send you to her review, and leave it at that.
Overall Rating & Final Comments: 10/10. Brilliant world, wonderful characters, and an amazing interpretation.
Favorite Character?: The Hatter! He's SO awesome.
Alice in Wonderland or The Looking Glass Wars? Read AIW before TLGW, but The Looking Glass Wars takes the cake.
Happy imagining!
~ Nicole
LOL! Thanks for the referral! It is such an awesome book. Like amazingly awesome.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Okay, I'll go pick it up. ;P
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked it. This is one of my favorite series! And I totally agree: Hatter Madigan is probably my favorite character in the book! A hat that turns into blades: how COOL is that??
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it was as good as it looks! i just purchased book three in the series (no...haven't read it yet, but it's there when I get to it...hehe). Here's hoping the other books that follow are just as good a match for you!
ReplyDeleteGreat review. I am interested and I am barely a dozen. The book sounds even if it would be good for my mom for 91 years and my granddaughter has 8 age.
ReplyDeleteI got this book for Christmas! I am absolutly obssesed with it! If you could be a character, who would you be?
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