This week I'm waiting for...
Splintered by A. G. Howard
Release Date: January 2013
For sixteen years, Alyssa Gardner has lived with the stigma of being descended from Alice Liddell—the real life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s famed novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. But cruel jokes about dormice and tea parties can’t compare to the fact that Alyssa hears the whispers of bugs and flowers... the same quirk which sent her mother to a mental institution years before.
When her mother takes a turn for the worse and the whispers grow too strong for Alyssa to bear, she seeks the origins of their family curse. A set of heirlooms and a moth tied to an unusual website lead Alyssa and her gorgeous best friend / secret crush, Jeb, down the rabbit hole into the real Wonderland, a place more twisted and eerie than Lewis Carroll ever let on.
There, creepy counterparts of the original fairytale crew reveal the purpose for Alyssa’s journey, and unless she fixes the things her great-great-great grandmother Alice put wrong, Wonderland will have her head.
When her mother takes a turn for the worse and the whispers grow too strong for Alyssa to bear, she seeks the origins of their family curse. A set of heirlooms and a moth tied to an unusual website lead Alyssa and her gorgeous best friend / secret crush, Jeb, down the rabbit hole into the real Wonderland, a place more twisted and eerie than Lewis Carroll ever let on.
There, creepy counterparts of the original fairytale crew reveal the purpose for Alyssa’s journey, and unless she fixes the things her great-great-great grandmother Alice put wrong, Wonderland will have her head.
I love the sound of this book! Leave a link to your WoW post in the comments!
Have a great week,
Sam :D
I love this cover it's just so pretty and the book sounds great to!
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splintered has such a lovely cover! i want a poster size of it to hang in my room. i love the sound of it too--i've never read a retelling of alice in wonderland before.
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-michelle
Totally agree! It sounds creepy and awesome. :) And that cover is simply gorgeous! Great pick.
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It really does sound awesome, and the cover is amazing!
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The book sounds awesome, and I want to read it because of that. But I think I could frame that gorgeous cover!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing and so original! I haven't heard of it so I'm glad you shared because now I can't wait to read it! Thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! The book sounds like it has some potential. :)
ReplyDeletelooks like a good book....pretty cover too :D
ReplyDeleteOooh, I heard about this one before but I'd almost forgotten about it. It sounds like a really fun read - great WoW choice!
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