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A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

L.L. McKinney

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Sep 02, 2019 Arlene♡ rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, blacklit-collective, library-finds, marchmysterymadness, fantastical

I will the first to make it clear that I wasn't really into Alice in Wonderland period. So when I first heard of this book I wasn't really jumping at it, but it really surprised me. Alice was funny and strong. Hatta was charming, her friends were loyal. The adventure was grand, her mother was everything mines would have been. I really liked this one. ...more

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Mar 04, 2019 ONYX Pages rated it really liked it

It was good.

More to come :)

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Jul 21, 2019 Thistle & Verse rated it liked it

Shelves: folk-lore-retellings

When I heard of this book, I was very excited to read it because I enjoyed the source material and was excited to read a new take on it. I was generally meh on the book. I wasn't captivated by this portrayal of Wonderland, the plot felt a bit typical, and I didn't latch onto any of the main characters. I was pretty confused by Court and how she was very gungho about encouraging Alice's superhero life and then got angry when typical superhero unreliability and flakiness happened. It's worth notin ...more

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Sep 06, 2020 Byrdie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: african-american, spear-and-sorcery

I really want to tell you that I found this book amazing and that I immediately bought the next one in the series. An African-American Alice in an urban setting? An alternate explanation of how she came to Wonderland? Her being strong and brave and smart and vulnerable? What’s not to love?

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I read an entire book featuring this protagonist and I know nothing about her except a few facts: which family member died, how she got recruited, the names of her few friends, and her fighting skills. ...more

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