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Untamed by A.G. Howard
5.0
I really didn't think I was going to get this emotional reading [b:Untamed|25105196|Untamed (Splintered, #3.5)|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1432662500s/25105196.jpg|44797714], but the Six Impossible Things story was really just a roller-coaster of emotions.
Untamed is split into three stories - The Boy in the Web, The Moth in the Mirror, and Six Impossible Things.
The Boy in the Web is about Alison looking back on her childhood, meeting Morpheus for the first time, and going into Wonderland with the intention of becoming the next Red Queen. This story certainly answers the question of why a girl would give up everything in the human world to be Wonderland's Queen only to ultimately throw it all away once she sees a boy trapped in Sister Two's clutches.
The Moth in the Mirror shows Morpheus trying to learn Jeb's weaknesses through viewing Jeb's lost memories after the events that took place in [b:Splintered|12558285|Splintered (Splintered, #1)|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1340134213s/12558285.jpg|17562095]. This story gives a more in-depth look at what happened to Jeb while Morpheus kept him locked away with the sprites. It's a nice and short story and I particularly liked Jeb's interactions with Charlie and Lorina, the dodo bird and the lory from Lewis Carroll's [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass|24213|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass|Lewis Carroll|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327872220s/24213.jpg|2375385].
The biggest story in Untamed is told through Six Impossible Things. It explores Alyssa's life after the events of [b:Ensnared|22447220|Ensnared (Splintered, #3)|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1437455636s/22447220.jpg|26014993] and gives a much more gripping look into the events in the epilogue. It answers the questions of how Alyssa, Jeb, Allison, and Thomas manage to explain their disappearance from the human realm. The story also shows what Alyssa had to do to fake her death before returning to Wonderland after living a long and wonderful human life with Jeb.
The ending was absolutely beautiful and fulfilling, but Untamed definitely has a bittersweet ending. [a:A.G. Howard|5186274|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1325561918p2/5186274.jpg] manages to fit together so many lovely scenes with the characters from all these books we've come to love. I would love there to be more stories and to be able to return to this Wonderland. There's so much wicked charm in the world that's been created in the Splintered books and I'm finding it difficult to let it all go. Maybe it's just time to return back to the beginning and just re-read the books.
Untamed is split into three stories - The Boy in the Web, The Moth in the Mirror, and Six Impossible Things.
The Boy in the Web is about Alison looking back on her childhood, meeting Morpheus for the first time, and going into Wonderland with the intention of becoming the next Red Queen. This story certainly answers the question of why a girl would give up everything in the human world to be Wonderland's Queen only to ultimately throw it all away once she sees a boy trapped in Sister Two's clutches.
The Moth in the Mirror shows Morpheus trying to learn Jeb's weaknesses through viewing Jeb's lost memories after the events that took place in [b:Splintered|12558285|Splintered (Splintered, #1)|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1340134213s/12558285.jpg|17562095]. This story gives a more in-depth look at what happened to Jeb while Morpheus kept him locked away with the sprites. It's a nice and short story and I particularly liked Jeb's interactions with Charlie and Lorina, the dodo bird and the lory from Lewis Carroll's [b:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass|24213|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass|Lewis Carroll|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327872220s/24213.jpg|2375385].
The biggest story in Untamed is told through Six Impossible Things. It explores Alyssa's life after the events of [b:Ensnared|22447220|Ensnared (Splintered, #3)|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1437455636s/22447220.jpg|26014993] and gives a much more gripping look into the events in the epilogue. It answers the questions of how Alyssa, Jeb, Allison, and Thomas manage to explain their disappearance from the human realm. The story also shows what Alyssa had to do to fake her death before returning to Wonderland after living a long and wonderful human life with Jeb.
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Her last moments with Jeb is really just the most beautiful scene I've read in this trilogy. I had to put the book down in order to process it all. Even in the following chapters after, Jeb could not be mentioned or alluded to without me having to grab a few tissues.The ending was absolutely beautiful and fulfilling, but Untamed definitely has a bittersweet ending. [a:A.G. Howard|5186274|A.G. Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1325561918p2/5186274.jpg] manages to fit together so many lovely scenes with the characters from all these books we've come to love. I would love there to be more stories and to be able to return to this Wonderland. There's so much wicked charm in the world that's been created in the Splintered books and I'm finding it difficult to let it all go. Maybe it's just time to return back to the beginning and just re-read the books.