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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Ensnared by A.G. Howard
5.0
Did you ever have that feeling? That feeling that you want to read a book right now, but you've just ordered the book and then it takes 6 weeks to actually reach you, due to various stupid reasons? That feeling that no other book is good enough, because you actually want that one book? Well, that's what happened to me with this book. And today, I finally had a calm day to devour it from start to finish.
And I was absolutely not disappointed. After the events in the previous book, I already knew we would go back to Wonderland (or well, some strange and dark part of it anyway) and I love how Howard managed to create an entire new world that's in a way really like the Wonderland she created in the first book and yet also still very different. The world building was phenomenal and it felt like I was truly there, with the characters.
Because it were those characters, Alyssa, Morpheus and Jeb who truly carried this story. This was about them, about their choices, about what they wanted, about what they felt, about what they were willing to sacrifice and how much they actually loved the other. This book was not just about saving Wonderland from Red, it was about the price they were willing to pay to save it and how far they were willing to go to save each other. And I loved it. Every second. Ever scene. Every tear. Every laugh. I love how Alyssa and Morpheus are so different from Alyssa and Jeb and I love how I wanted her to have them both so much that it almost hurt.
For me this was a really fitting end to the series. Lovely written, a lot of things we've learned in the previous books came back now and all pieces of the puzzle eventually fell into place. I will miss those characters and I already feel the itch to just re-read this series and start at the beginning again. This version of Wonderland, Morpheus, Jeb and Alyssa, they've all become a part of me and I don't think I'll ever be able to let them go again.
And I was absolutely not disappointed. After the events in the previous book, I already knew we would go back to Wonderland (or well, some strange and dark part of it anyway) and I love how Howard managed to create an entire new world that's in a way really like the Wonderland she created in the first book and yet also still very different. The world building was phenomenal and it felt like I was truly there, with the characters.
Because it were those characters, Alyssa, Morpheus and Jeb who truly carried this story. This was about them, about their choices, about what they wanted, about what they felt, about what they were willing to sacrifice and how much they actually loved the other. This book was not just about saving Wonderland from Red, it was about the price they were willing to pay to save it and how far they were willing to go to save each other. And I loved it. Every second. Ever scene. Every tear. Every laugh. I love how Alyssa and Morpheus are so different from Alyssa and Jeb and I love how I wanted her to have them both so much that it almost hurt.
For me this was a really fitting end to the series. Lovely written, a lot of things we've learned in the previous books came back now and all pieces of the puzzle eventually fell into place. I will miss those characters and I already feel the itch to just re-read this series and start at the beginning again. This version of Wonderland, Morpheus, Jeb and Alyssa, they've all become a part of me and I don't think I'll ever be able to let them go again.