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Splintered (Splintered, #1) by A.G. Howard - GBR - September 2024
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Anybody got any thoughts on this one before we start?
Has anyone read anything similar to this before?
Anybody read anything else by this author previously?
This sounds awesome! I love nature inspired stories but the weird fairytale twist makes it even cooler
I actually kind of loved this series. They are so relentlessly YA but I still whipped right through them. I liked the Alice in Wonderland fracture, and thought Howard handled it creatively. Some of her other books have been excellent as well. Stain was probably my very favorite by her and worth a read. (And I will secretly admit to having so much fun with the author's love for describing her characters' outfits ;) )
Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction 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. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.
When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. 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.