This was a cute retelling of the Alice in Wonderland story. Kind of a fractured fairy tales for kids. I'm hoping this will please my granddaughter as it puts any girl of that age into the story. It's quite easy for them to imagine being Abby or one of her three friends. The addition of the clueless Alice was a cute touch. I especially liked that rivals Abby and Penny discovered one another. A classic gal pals (hopefully I can say that) story.

This is a 3rd to 6th Grade book; Reading Level 4; just right, I believe, for my granddaughter, Zoe. I mean, who doesn't like Alice in Wonderland? I previously gave her Alice in Wonderland but never heard if she read it. Maybe this will spur her on to the original classic. After I read it first.

Cute and fun. Not my favorite travel book but I enjoyed it. There were certainly parts I disliked, I found the main character a bit obnoxious as well as the best friend and found it out there that these two teens could afford an entire trip like this by themselves. A bit too much casual sex and pot smoking for my liking.

But the notion of traveling to Europe made it a great summer read. Not sure what age group I would recommend this too. 

Ugh. This book was a really rough read for me, and I only persevered because I was buddy reading it with a friend. If I hadn't had an outlet to complain, and feel like it wasn't just me feeling that way, I would have given up. I got nothing out of this book other than the fact that these girls should not have been traveling, because clearly they are exactly why people in other countries are annoyed with American tourists.

I really have nothing else to say. Obnoxious characters. Thin watery plot. Horrid travel scenes. Tepid romance. The only thing this did make me want to do was travel to eat food because YUM food.

I'm glad I'm done.

For the record, I'm only still reading this because I'm doing a buddy read of it and so far talking crap about it with my friend has kept me sane. This book is terrible though. Leela is a horrific friend, and a spoiled brat. Syd has no spine whatsoever, and is making me want to throw something at her. These girls are the worst kind of tourists imaginable. Also, I'm angry that they aren't at all appreciative of all the amazing things that they're seeing.

Must. Not. Burn. Book.