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Trigger Warning: Very in depth discussions about Rape throughout nearly the whole book

This book is definitely not what I expected. I knew this was an [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|6324090|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)|Lewis Carroll|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391204048l/6324090._SX50_.jpg|55548884] retelling but I did not read a synopsis and had not heard talk about it. I read [b:The Girl in Red|42881101|The Girl in Red|Christina Henry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545249589l/42881101._SY75_.jpg|66672643] by [a:Christina Henry|3409936|Christina Henry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417722044p2/3409936.jpg] a month or so ago and really enjoyed it! So when I was looking for something to read and saw Alice I decided why not.. Needless to say this was completely unexpected!

So at first it was a bit of a shock discovering that this was a dark gory horror retelling of [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|6324090|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)|Lewis Carroll|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391204048l/6324090._SX50_.jpg|55548884]. However after the shock I actually really enjoyed it! There were definitely some messed up parts throughout but still super interesting & I got super hooked on this one from early on.

This book was completely unpredictable even though it was loosely following the [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|6324090|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)|Lewis Carroll|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391204048l/6324090._SX50_.jpg|55548884] story line. The story was simply gripping and I found myself not wanting to put it down and just wanting to find out what crazy shit was going to happen next.

I enjoyed the 2 main characters we follow, Alice & Hatcher. They were both really well written and developed nicely over the course of the book. I also enjoyed the side characters (as characters, most of them were horrible people, let’s be real). There were such a mixture of traits in the side characters and they were very well written. I found myself absolutely hating some of then and then questions over motives. [a:Christina Henry|3409936|Christina Henry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417722044p2/3409936.jpg] just has a way of writing characters that make you super invested in what happens to them (whether good or bad).

My only real downfall for this book and the reason it didn't receive 5 stars was the ending. I had the same experience with [b:The Girl in Red|42881101|The Girl in Red|Christina Henry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545249589l/42881101._SY75_.jpg|66672643] as well. For me the ending just seems a little lacklustre. There were tonnes of build up to the end but then the end just happens in one chapter and that's it. It was a little disappointing after such an interesting and gripping book.

Overall, I really enjoyed this and definitely will be continuing the series sometime in the future. I can’t wait to see what [a:Christina Henry|3409936|Christina Henry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417722044p2/3409936.jpg] does with the story of the [b:Red Queen|27246122|Red Queen (The Chronicles of Alice, #2)|Christina Henry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453056797l/27246122._SY75_.jpg|47294674] in this dark retelling and there is also a novella bind up, [b:Looking Glass|52103409|Looking Glass (The Chronicles of Alice)|Christina Henry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1568813269l/52103409._SX50_SY75_.jpg|70671970], available which I’m super keen to suss out. If you are into dark fantasy then I highly recommend but be warned that there is a very high trigger warning for Rape in this book…