Megan Van Dyke

The Alice Curse

I love Alice in Wonderland and retellings in general. I liked this story, but I wanted to love it. Eliza learns that she’s the next “Alice” during her grandmother’s funeral. It’s as quirky and fantastical as it sounds. Her parents are only interested in marrying her off to climb the social ladder, especially when they learn her grandmother left her everything. All Eliza wants is to keep her library job and get her parents to go back to ignoring her. As she flees the house after being introduced to her perspective husband, she runs into Finn. He has been tasked by her grandmother (the previous Alice) to bring her back to the Red Court to be anointed the new Alice and decide which court leads Wonderland. Finn (the white rabbit) becomes her fiercest protector as she tries to navigate the craziness of Wonderland and its inhabitants. This retelling does have some spice to it, so be forewarned. Overall, it was good, but I was a little deflated that there wasn’t a bit more to the mysterious curse.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early edition of this story.

Cindy McKee

I love Alice in Wonderland and retellings in general. I liked this story, but I wanted to love it. Eliza learns that she’s the next “Alice” during her grandmother’s funeral. It’s as quirky and fantastical as it sounds. Her parents are only interested in marrying her off to climb the social ladder, especially when they learn her grandmother left her everything. All Eliza wants is to keep her library job and get her parents to go back to ignoring her. As she flees the house after being introduced to her perspective husband, she runs into Finn. He has been tasked by her grandmother (the previous Alice) to bring her back to the Red Court to be anointed the new Alice and decide which court leads Wonderland. Finn (the white rabbit) becomes her fiercest protector as she tries to navigate the craziness of Wonderland and its inhabitants. This retelling does have some spice to it, so be forewarned. Overall, it was good, but I was a little deflated that there wasn’t a bit more to the mysterious curse.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early edition of this story.

The Alice Curse

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