The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor is a reimagining of the Alice in Wonderland story, where Wonderland is depicted as a real place with Princess Alyss as the rightful queen who is forced into exile after her parents are murdered. The plot follows Alyss as she navigates through different worlds, including Victorian London, while facing challenges and battles to reclaim her throne. The writing style is described as fast-paced, action-packed, and imaginative, with a focus on themes of grief, war, and the power of imagination.
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The book features themes of violence, war, and some graphic descriptions related to battle scenes.
From The Publisher:
The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss? parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.
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I had a tough time at the start, because Alyss was pretty unlikable - the worst kind of spoiled princess - but compared to Redd she's a saint, so the story worked anyway.
It's a fun tweak of Alice in Wonderland, somewhat in the vein of Wicked/Wizard of Oz. I'd like to dig further into the secondary characters (particularly Hatter), though, because I found the main characters (Alyss and Dodge) to be really hard to like.
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About the Author:
Frank Beddor is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Looking Glass Wars, the young-adult novel that first introduced young readers to the true story of Alyss. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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