Title: Ever Alice
Author: H. J. Ramsay
Pages: 356 pages
Release Date: August 1, 2019
Genre: Fiction, Fairytale Retelling
Series or Stand Alone: Stand Alone
Stars: 3.5
People of Color?: N/A
LGBTQ?: No
Bechdel Test? (Depiction of Women): Yes
Trigger Warning: Alice is often restrained and forced to do things against her will, such as medical procedures, as well as a prisoner in a mental hospital. She is also restrained and sentenced to death in Wonderland.
I received a free eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Alice has grown up but not out of her insistence that Wonderland is real. She’s 15 and her parents are distressed that she continues to talk about Wonderland. It’s both odd and has embarrassed them. They seek help from a doctor who places her in a mental institution. It becomes difficult to tell what is real and what is in her head. The author does a good job in her depiction of Wonderland, especially the Red Queen. Alice is give a mission by the White Rabbit to kill the Queen in order to save Wonderland. Things get terribly complicated as Alice decides to live for herself rather than for her family or to satisfy her doctors. This complicates her mission. After arriving in Wonderland, the POV switches between the Red Queen and Alice. The last few chapters had several great twists that I did not see coming!
Likes: Wonderland was well depicted! I liked some of the silly depiction of the Red Queen’s life as well. The end was also really interesting!
Dislikes: The story moved rather slowly at some points. Although I liked the Red Queen, sometimes her chapters would not move the plot forward and sidetracked the story.
Recommended for: I would definitely recommend this for YA and up!
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