We need to know what happens to Elizabeth. Christina should continue this story and develop it into its own series or at least a full book. This was well done in similar style to the first book "Alice" without all of the violence. "Lovely Creature" was quite enjoyable story of Elizabeth and the continuing saga Alice's family. The "Looking Glass" was a much needed combination of novellas to fill in the gaps and post stories of Alice and Hatcher. It is the Village of the Pure, and though Alice and Hatcher would do anything to avoid it, it lies directly in their path. There is a place hidden in the mountains, where all the people hate and fear magic and Magicians. Then his boss tells him he's going to battle the fearsome Grinder, a man who never leaves his opponents alive. Once, he was a boy called Nicholas, and Nicholas fancied himself the best fighter in the Old City. Alice has been dreaming of a cottage by a lake and a field of wildflowers, but while walking blind in a snowstorm she stumbles into a house that only seems empty and abandoned. That secret is a butterfly that lives in a jar, a butterfly that was supposed to be gone forever, a butterfly that used to be called the Jabberwock.Īlice and Hatcher are just looking for a place to rest. But someone knows her secret - someone who has a secret of his own. In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. (Apr.In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood. Henry’s fans will be happy to return to this world, but readers need not be familiar with earlier installments to appreciate this twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. These somber, occasionally disturbing novellas offer a mature take on the children’s story but balance the horrors of the City with hope. “The Mercy Seat” sees Alice and Hatcher work together to defeat the malevolent leader of a magic-hating village in order to find a home of their own. “When I First Came to Town” reveals the origin story of Alice’s husband, Hatcher, this universe’s version of the Mad Hatter, telling of his early days as the best fighter in the City.
In “Girl in Amber,” Alice must confront her past, coming to terms with herself as the little girl who faced off against the Red Queen. “Lovely Creature” introduces Alice’s sister Elizabeth, who possesses the same secret magic as her sister but refuses to follow in her footsteps. This mesmerizing collection of four novellas, each set in the dark, Alice in Wonderland–inspired universe of Henry’s Alice and Red Queen, brings readers back into the shadowy world of the City where grown-up Alice is determined to forge a place for herself and her new family.
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