+ great cover
+ broke the status quo with [

Alice’s mom finding out. I enjoy when the parents find out about their kids’ secret identities

]
+ Alice got to wield some cool blades!
+ Dragons!
+ spoiler:

I enjoyed the moment of truth with her dad; discovering who Reflection-Alice really was.

- cringy dialogue at times (Nana K, Courtney, Alice at times)
- Alice gets nauseated way too many times. It could be a drinking game. You’d think there would be something for her Wondaland-motion sickness by now, but, nah, just get ready for Alice to throw up anything she eats on the next page.
~ the insta-love from book 1 is spread out a bit better. Just because Alice arguably has a harem (Hatta, Chess, Humphrey (?), Haruka) , I mean uh a kissing-buddy now doesn’t mean that’s her soulmate or anything. This sequel didn’t focus heavily on any romance, and, instead, concentrated on the action and the world-building. Still, no relationships have been really labeled yet. That kiss scene felt a bit random to be honest
~ the predicament with Chess was interesting.
~ the story was fast-paced but felt long at the same time