A Dream So Dark
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Still reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates), Alice must abandon her friends to complete her mission: find The Heart and prevent the Red Lady's rise. But the deeper she ventures into Wonderland, the more topsy-turvy everything becomes. It’s not until she’s at her wits end that she realizes—Wonderland is trying to save her.
There’s a new player on the board; a poet capable of using Nightmares to not only influence the living but raise the dead. This Poet is looking to claim the Black Queen’s power—and Alice's budding abilities—as their own.
Dreams have never been so dark in Wonderland, and if there is any hope of defeating this mystery poet’s magic, Alice must confront the worst in herself, in the people she loves, and in the very nature of fear itself.
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3 primary books#2 in The Nightmare-Verse
The Nightmare-Verse is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by L.L. McKinney.
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Another enjoyable romp through the alternative Wonderland with Alice and her friends/foes. Again I could do without her falling for everyone around her - she's like the stereotypical horny teenager. Some surprises but I think I see where this is going... I'm unlikely to find out though as my local library doesn't have the next book and I'm not desperate enough to buy it!
This book felt a bit more focused than the first one - more could happen because a lot of concepts have already been explained.
The family dynamic in this one is great, and while the adventure does meander a bit (we spend way too long in one side character's POV when they don't really have that much interesting to say) the story keeps up a good pace with lots of fun action moments.
I do still find the romances quite silly (though I do think this is the first YA I've read with a het romance where both characters were bi, which is kind of cool) and the Japanese characters seemed kind of underwritten, but overall the book was good.
