One thing I want to say that I was disappointed about from the beginning was that it wasn’t an actual “retelling” per se, more of a messed up continuation. I’ve always really loved Alice in Wonderland retellings so I was excited to read this book (which I got for $0.99 on Kindle during a sale!). Will she succeed in saving the world? Or will she and all her friends die trying? In this story, Alice must embark on a journey to save her Wonderland friends from the Queen of Hearts who has, by all definitions TRULY lost her mind.

Nevertheless, she embarks on a journey to find Wonderland again and that means going to all the most Wonderlandy places she can think of, including the park where she fell asleep and first traveled to her dream-like adventure. When Alice sees the unconventional cries for help from the beloved Mad Hatter, the Dodo, and the Blue Caterpillar, Alice knows she must find a way to return to that world, even if that means leaving behind the problems that she’s fighting in the real world.

While she believes that Wonderland was just a place in her dreams to which she will never return, the creatures that reside there, call her for help. The dreams that took place in the amazing and magical world of Wonderland. She lives her life with a vivid imagination fueled by the dreams of her childhood. Does that bother her? Not in the slightest! Between her photography and her independence, Alice is anything but unhappy. Is Alice what you would imagine as a conventional girl in her home of Kexford? No.

A twisted tale alice in wonderland