Two worlds and belonging
Alyssa is drawn between her human life, her plans for art school and a Wonderland where she partly belongs.
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A. G. Howard - Author
This is a dark fantasy about divided loyalties: Alyssa’s ordinary plans collide with Wonderland’s dangers, while family relationships and remembered or forgotten truths complicate her choices.
LAlyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen Red. Now all she has to do is graduate high school and make it through prom so she can attend the prestigious art school in London she's always dreamed of. That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. And it would be much simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland—where she (partly) belongs. As prom and graduation creep closer, Alyssa juggles Morpheus’s unsettling presence in her real world with trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he’s forgotten. Glimpses of Wonderland start to bleed through her art and into her world in very disturbing ways, and Morpheus warns that Queen Red won’t be far behind. If Alyssa stays in the human realm, she could endanger Jeb, her parents, and everyone she loves. But if she steps through the rabbit hole again, she'll face a deadly battle that could cost more than just her head.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a dark fantasy about divided loyalties: Alyssa’s ordinary plans collide with Wonderland’s dangers, while family relationships and remembered or forgotten truths complicate her choices.
Alyssa is drawn between her human life, her plans for art school and a Wonderland where she partly belongs.
Alyssa’s mother is protective and suspicious, while Alyssa worries that remaining in the human realm could endanger people she loves.
Alyssa is trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he has forgotten while Morpheus returns and unsettles her real-world life.
Consider whether the combination of disturbing imagery, a deadly confrontation, asylum-related family disruption and romantic uncertainty suits the reader’s current comfort with intense fantasy conflict.
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