Splintered by A. G. Howard

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If you're a fan of the Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland, then this is a book you'll enjoy. This Wonderland is dark and twisted, nothing is as you thought it was. You do not want to follow this White Rabbit, the Zombie Flowers want to eat you, and the Mad Hatter has no face. Lewis Carroll had a lot of things wrong, in this Wonderland it is a struggle to stay alive.
 
Alyssa Gardner has been unlucky to acquire the family curse of insanity, thanks to her great- great- great grandmother, Alice Liddell. Alyssa can hear the thoughts of bugs and plants and if she doesn't want to end up like her mother, who's been placed in an asylum, she has to go back to Wonderland and break the curse. With the help from a winged friend, Alyssa learns Alice messed up a lot of things while in Wonderland and its up to Alyssa to fix all of her mistakes. But Lewis Carroll's version of Wonderland is not at all what it's actually like. The real Wonderland is dark, and all the creatures are disfigured. Alyssa must put her trust in questionable allies if she wants to break her family curse and make it out of this nightmare in time to save her mother, and herself.
 
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is my number one favourite book. So I've decided to branch off and look for some amazing retellings and this book was pure bliss. I absolutely love this dark twist on Wonderland and the characters, it was like reliving my favourite story over again. Alyssa Gardner is a beautiful character to replace Alice with and I loved reading her adventure through this nightmare. She's very clever and she's such a powerful character. This book has so many surprises with an amazing twisted ending! I'm going to enjoy seeing where Alyssa's story goes next.
 
I will note that Splintered makes a great stand alone novel, it concludes everything up very nicely. However, there are more books in the series if you so wish to start a new adventure with Alyssa and this version of Wonderland, which I definitely will.
 
Book Two: Unhinged
Book Three: Ensnared
Novella: Untamed

My Rating: 5/5 Stars
 
 

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