Title: Splintered (Splintered #1)
Author: A.G Howard
Published: January 1st 2013 by Amulet Books
Rating: 4 stars
Spoilers... BEWARE!!!
“Raising one hand, he tilts his hat to that sexy slant. "You want me. Admit it."
Even if he's partly right, I'll never tell him. "Why would I want you?"
He lifts three fingers to countdown. "Mysterious. Rebellious. Troubled. All those qualities women find irresistible."
"Such an optimist."
"My cup is never empty."
"Too bad your brain is." The words bite, but my smile softens with affection.”
-swoon- As you can tell, I'm on Team Morpheus all the way!!! Although, Jeb wouldn't be so bad ether... Considering the sacrifices he made for her in the realm and everything...
This book was a modern-retelling of Lewis Carrols classic Alice in Wonderland.
I always thought that if Alice was going to end up with anybody in Wonderland, it would be the Mad hatter; I never suspected it would be the <spoiler>caterpillar!!!</spoiler> And I never knew he can be so sexy. :)
In this book, instead of the main character's name Alice, her name is Alyssa.
This book starts off with her and always being able to hear the whispers of bugs and flowers; which was one of the reasons that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family "curse" stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
This is how the book's version is supposed to be, all colorful, fun, and just a light-hearted place where there is no trouble, and can have peace and eventually go mad.
But Splintered does not have that here. The creatures are all disturbing, the magic is even weirder, there is possessing involved by the Red Queen, there is war, and promises and vows can be broken or messed with. Kind of like a mix between a faire realm, and war in general.
And unfortunately, Alyssa has to jump the rabbit hole and fix all of the mistakes Alice made on her last visit to help her mother's mental health, before it takes a turn for the worse. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice's tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice's mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.
Alice in the end, passes all of her tests and officially becomes queen of the Red court, but she still has the mortal side of her that craves to go back to the mortal realm because she has unfinished business there, so she wishes that Jeb forgets the adventure, finishes what she started to set things right and remove the "curse" on her family, and tries to live a normal life in the end. But what she doesn't know is that once you have been to Wonderland, there's really no way to escape it...
Can't wait to read Unhinged!!!! I want more Morpheus :) <333
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