![]() ![]() A heartbreaking cliffhanger will leave fans clamoring for a sequel. The mechanics of Wonderland, its features, and its creatures sometimes feel hastily sketched, and secondary characters lack depth, but McKinney’s imagination knows few bounds, and Alice’s devotion to the others is contagious. Relentless action, spiraling stakes, and a fierce heroine distinguish debut author McKinney’s fantasy update of Alice in Wonderland. Fellow Dreamwalkers Dimitri and Demarcus Tweedlanov join Alice on a quest to secure help from the White Queen, but when they find the queen similarly afflicted, Alice realizes that she might have to risk more than a grounding in order to save the day. McKinneys A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland. Alice is pondering retirement when her mentor, Addison Hatta, contracts a mysterious disease dubbed the Madness. 'A Blade So Black is the fantasy book Ive been waiting for my whole life.' Angie Thomas, 1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give For fans of Marissa Meyer, L.L. The attention is proving problematic for the 17-year-old black Dreamwalker, who secretly guards the city’s Gateway to Wonderland (the “collective unconscious of the entire world”) and slays any monsters (aka “Nightmares”) that attempt to cross over. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ever since police in Atlanta, Ga., killed an unarmed black girl at a school football game, Alice Kingston’s mother has watched Alice like a hawk. ![]()
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