![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Alyssa is one of the most unique protagonists I've come across in a while. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Fans of dark fantasy, as well as of Carroll’s Alice in all her revisionings (especially Tim Burton’s), will find a lot to love in this compelling and imaginative novel." Read all the books in the New York Times bestselling Splintered series: Splintered (Book 1 ), Unhinged (Book 2 ), Ensnared (Book 3 ), and Untamed (The Companion Novel ). And Morpheus delves into Jeb’s memories of the events of Splintered in The Moth in the Mirror. Alyssa’s mother reminisces about her own time in Wonderland and giving up the crown to rescue the man who would become her husband in The Boy in the Web. In Six Impossible Things, Alyssa recalls the most precious moments of her life after Ensnared, and the role magic plays in preserving the happiness of those she loves. In this collection of three novellas, join Alyssa and her family as they look back at their memories of Wonderland. She survived the battle for Wonderland and the battle for her heart. Alyssa Gardner went down the rabbit hole and took control of her destiny. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments The book eaters goodreads![]() Each chapter is preceded by an epigraph which are quotes from various fairytales and other books and a character’s journals and they do an amazing job of setting up the tone of the upcoming chapter, almost building up to the tension. I can’t deny that the writing is bewitching, the world created by the author is both atmospheric and horrifying, that we are excited to know more but also hate the parts we do get to know. ![]() But I’m still pondering on my feelings about it. What nice luck do I have though that I got an audio advance copy just a few days before the release and I devoured this book (pun totally intended) in just a couple of days. I’ve been very intrigued by this book since I first read the premise but I was disappointed when I didn’t get the arc. ![]() CW: body horror, gore, explicit violence, domestic abuse, violence against children ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments A tale dark and grimm book![]() ![]() It's really, really cool to be able to take a story that's very well known and take out some of the other characters and just smack dab, Hansel and Gretel right in the middle of it. And this new opportunity that we have with a series like this actually allows you to tell some pretty odd stories because you now have time to either put it in an episode or arc it over multiple episodes. But some of these stories are so absurd and strange that in a way you almost can't make a feature film out of it. For me, coming from feature animation, we've oftentimes attempted to adapt fairy tales, and some of them, particularly Disney, did very well with them. ![]() What Adam eventually chose to do was, "Why don't we take one overarching novel approach and take Hansel and Gretel onto a journey where they experience a multitude of these fairy tales?" Basically, we replace the heroes of those stories with the same characters rather than going into individual stories. The Grimm brothers took it upon themselves and created really strong narrative stories out of them. Before that, there were folk tales that got verbally passed on from generation to generation. ![]() Their heads just got chopped off!" Like, "Isn't that great?" It must have meaning because these stories go 200 years back. In its unsanitized version, kids really get drawn in, particularly when you then undercut it with humor and sort of ask the question like, "Well, that was weird. In doing so, he discovered that the essence of the stories is really valuable and the characters are exciting. ![]() |