Splintered
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781419706271 (1419706276)
Publish date: January 1st 2013
Publisher: Amulet Books
Pages no: 377
Edition language: English
Series: Splintered (#1)
This review can also be found at LostBetweenThePages & Goodreads. "Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers - precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. A family curse that stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, it's time for Alyssa to...
Good creative use of Wonderland styling while telling a twisty and enjoyable tale of teen love.
Confession: I bought this book, as well as books two and three and a novella, on the strength of the cover and description alone. And I don’t regret it . . . yet. Howard’s version of Wonderland is every bit as weird and beautiful and twisted as the cover promises. (Hooray for a cover that isn’t a he...
Initial reaction: Oh man, this was a book I was very much looking forward to reading, and the imagery and dark qualities of the story really drew me in for a time, but unfortunately it became very difficult for me to read after a time because of familiar cliche elements and stuff that just didn't me...
Uuuuughhhhh. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHH.Look, there's not much that turns me off of a book more than A WHITE GIRL WITH BLUE DREADLOCKS complaining about her long lost heritage with Alice Liddell, but I read the whole thing because people kept recommending it to me and telling me not to judge by its ...