Book Review - Splintered by A.G. Howard

Title: Splintered

Author: A.G. Howard

Series: Splintered #1

SYNOPSIS:

This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence.

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.

MY REVIEW:

Dark, twisted, and very demented. I loved it. This story takes the madness of the Alice in Wonderland fairytale and reimagines it as something seductive yet nightmarish. I enjoyed seeing elements of the old fairytale bent and twisted into an intoxicating story that made me feel I was becoming a little unhinged and mad myself. Wonderful storytelling, interesting characters, addictive romance, fun adventure, and insatiable insanity—the perfect elements for a great story.

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