Book Talk discussion

Summary:
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.

Discussion:
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I just bought it for my Kindle. It is so difficult to not download it and read it right now on my way to Tennessee.

lol have fun in Tennessee!

Yeah! And don't download it yet:P

I'm trying to be good about it. I'm rereading that Sentinels of New Orleans series I sent y'all and that's keeping me occupied.

awesome! I am not to tempted to start reading yet because I am still working through Heir of Fire still. Plus still need to write 10,000 more words in order to hit 50k and win Nanowrimo.

Good luck! I hope you win!

thanks! I hope I do to. I think I can get there by Thursday if I write a lot today and tomorrow.

Good luck!

thanks!

So when we say the 27th, does that mean I can start at 12am? Cause I mean that's basically the start of thanksgiving :D

Start at midnight of you want :-) I've had six glasses of wine tonight so I'm not reading anything.

im not starting tonight either since i have 5k more words tonight but i will be starting in the morning when i get hone from work i should be done with my words by then :p

This book! Gosh I'm loving the story. The way it's told is just amazing!

It really is beautiful

OMG y'all...this was amazing. Morpheus is perfect. Jeb is the white knight. I love them both.

Ok so this is about chapter 11
(view spoiler)[so Al just met up with Jeb and they're just finding out that's she's changing into one of the creatures. I'm, like, totally thinking that these are tests for her to prove she can be Queen or something but Morpheus isn't being honest with her (hide spoiler)]

I'm speculting, but yeah, that's what I think. :)

Soooo good btw. Loving this book

We have to read the next book by the way.

Brittain wrote: "We have to read the next book by the way."

I completely agree!

Are we going to read the novella too or just the second book?

im fine with reading the next book and novella as well when we are all done with this book... so good so far

Go big or go home.

Okay I will put up the next two books that we will be reading then since we have agreed to keep with this series before moving on with the list

Also of course the dates I put them up for are only tentative. We will only move on as a group leave no friend behind!

Oh my gosh no words! So many feels. I am so torn between Jeb and Morpheus. Can we just combine them both into one person I think they would make the perfect guy then lol.

Ermahgerd y'all.

This book.



I'm so glad it ended the way it ended. It was perfect.

Even though it was with Jeb, I found it perfect too. I love the opening it left for Morpheus. That guy is so freaking smooth or like suave or slick, idk he's just kinda perfect.

Morpheus has lost the battle but I have a feeling that he hasn't given up on the war...He is just too smooth and seductive to not put up a sly fight.

Exactly. I'm real excited to see where this goes.

I also love the fact that Alyssa embraced the crazy. It was really refreshing.

I personally am still torn between Jeb and Morpheus... I do like Morpheus wings though I want to wrap myself up in them. I am so glad Alyssa embraced the crazy as well and I loved how creepy the netherlings were.

Everything was just different enough from the original book to make it all twisted and wonderful.

I'm torn too, between ze boyz. I'm definitely one of those girls that likes the bad boy so Morpheus is on my list but Once Upon a Time makes me want her to choose her knight and live happily ever after.



Another good Morpheus for me. Bad seductive boy with a hidden agenda. Yum.

Oh man do I have to catch up on Once Upon a Time on Netflix I keep watching a couple of episodes and then putting it down for something else. I am almost done with season two I believe.

I'm catching up on Netflix too. There is so much going on in that show.

I agree I feel like just watching it once is not enough, I think it has been long enough that I could go back and rewatch what I have and still be surprised about things.

My favorite netherling I think would have to be the two sisters that watch over the dead I like that they look normal except for spider legs I thought that was kind of awesome. Also very upset that Red used her descendant the way she did.

I liked the flowers when they first got to Wonderland. They were so spectacularly strange.

I wish it had gone more in depth with the elfin guard stuff. Maybe that will be a bigger deal later on?

Yes! exactly I would have loved to hear so much more on all of these creatures. I was kind of upset that everything was faked just so she could pass the tests to be queen. I understand why it had to happen but still netherlings remind me of fey and how they are so tricky so far I don't hate all of them but I have a hard time liking most fey books because they act like that all the time mischievous.