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shorangina's review
5.0
Absolutely LOVED this retelling of Alice in Wonderland. I am a huge Alice fan anyway but the author did such a good job working in the original but making it her own. Love love LOVED IT. Can not wait for the next one!!
kinglafayette's review
5.0
Ti be honest, in first moment I was a bit sceptical before I started reading this but in the end...
I loved it. I have read many retellings of "Alice in the Wonderland" and this book if definitely one of the best ones. For me the book brought back good memories of reading and watching orginal Alice and I am thankful for that. However the author added many other elements and details in that book making it unique and highly enjoyable to read. If you love faes and retellings "Alice the Dagger" will hold you from first to the last page and only very important duties will be able to make you put the book down.
I loved it. I have read many retellings of "Alice in the Wonderland" and this book if definitely one of the best ones. For me the book brought back good memories of reading and watching orginal Alice and I am thankful for that. However the author added many other elements and details in that book making it unique and highly enjoyable to read. If you love faes and retellings "Alice the Dagger" will hold you from first to the last page and only very important duties will be able to make you put the book down.
marjories's review
5.0
An urban fantasy heroine thrown into the whimsical world of Wonderland. Fast paced enjoyable read with plenty of humor, a bit of slow burn romance, lots of action and all the feels. There were many nods to the classic books, but McLeo put her own twist on them, playing up some of the darker and more sinister elements hinted at in the original and re-imagining some of the sillier and kookier ones. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum as pixies were my favorite (but don't call them that!). Cheshire and the Caterpillar were well done too.
This story seems to take place about a generation after the events of the original books and imagine some interesting family dynamics culminating in a final battle that requires all of Alice's wits, skills and new friends to win.
I liked that Alice was given a backstory that supported her skills but it almost seemed non-sequitur after she went through the rabbit hole. I enjoyed watching the relationships unfold through the book. I do think that she had a vulnerability that was necessary to the story, but not necessarily realistic to her background. It made her far more likeable as a character. I think maybe what was missing was who or what helped her cling to her humanity through her brutal upbringing.
The book ends in a way that indicates it is the beginning of a series. I hope this is so as these are characters and a world I would enjoy spending more time with.
This story seems to take place about a generation after the events of the original books and imagine some interesting family dynamics culminating in a final battle that requires all of Alice's wits, skills and new friends to win.
I liked that Alice was given a backstory that supported her skills but it almost seemed non-sequitur after she went through the rabbit hole. I enjoyed watching the relationships unfold through the book. I do think that she had a vulnerability that was necessary to the story, but not necessarily realistic to her background. It made her far more likeable as a character. I think maybe what was missing was who or what helped her cling to her humanity through her brutal upbringing.
The book ends in a way that indicates it is the beginning of a series. I hope this is so as these are characters and a world I would enjoy spending more time with.
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