Splintered: A.G. Howard
Sometimes what you know isn't always what's true. For Alyssa Gardner, her family history was something she hid from. Being a descendant of Alice Liddell isn't she's proud of nor is the fact that her mother is in a sanitarium with delusions that she is Alice. Alyssa channels the voices she hears from bug and plants into her art to hide the fact that she is turning into her mother. When she discovers that the women on her family are actually cursed to go back to wonderland and fix Alice's mistakes, Alyssa goes and accidentally brings her neighbor and best friend, Jeb, on an adventure through Wonderland and meets the characters we thought we knew, especially Morpheus, the Caterpillar who taught Alyssa everything she would need to know to break the curse as a child in her dreams. With a truly unexpected plot twist, this book keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next.
I absolutely loved this series and how A.G. Howard takes you down a path you thought you knew then takes a sharp turn into what is the most bewitching retelling of Alice in Wonderland I have ever come across. We do have the typical love triangle between Alyssa, Jeb, and Morpheus so you never fully concentrate on the story because it always come back to the three of them. If you can get past the terrible love triangle trope and love Alice, this is the series for you.
Pros:
Fantastic imagery
Cons:
Love triangle trope
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