Author: Colleen Oakes
First published: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 306
Rating: 4/5
"As Princess of Wonderland Palace and the future Queen of Hearts, Dinah’s days are an endless monotony of tea, tarts, and a stream of vicious humiliations at the hands of her father, the King of Hearts. The only highlight of her days is visiting Wardley, her childhood best friend, the future Knave of Hearts — and the love of her life. When an enchanting stranger arrives at the Palace, Dinah watches as everything she’s ever wanted threatens to crumble. As her coronation date approaches, a series of suspicious and bloody events suggests that something sinister stirs in the whimsical halls of Wonderland. It’s up to Dinah to unravel the mysteries that lurk both inside and under the Palace before she loses her own head to a clever and faceless foe."
Although I never read 'Alice in Wonderland' I was really interested in this re-telling and it did not disappoint. I flew through this book, it was such a light and easy read!First of all, the world building. The world building in this book was absolutely amazing, it was so descriptive, you could imagine every chair, every corner, every detail of dresses and uniforms. This is something I highly appreciate in a book!
The romance came quite early in this book and I though 'oh no', because it was your standard young adult romance. Luckily it almost didn't come back anywhere else in the book, and when it did it wasn't soppy lovey dovey.
I really liked most of the characters but the main character Dinah, will have to grow on me in the following books. She is very youngish, but then again she is only sixteen. I think that her character will develop with the series.
I am really curious for the next book 'Blood of Wonderland', which will be published in January 2017.
