{Review} The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Series: The Looking Glass Wars #1

Publication date: September 26, 2006

Publisher: Dial Books

ISBN-13: 9780803731530

Synopsis  

Lewis Carrol not only lied to us but he lied to a little girl too, he said he would write Alyss Heart’s story but he took liberties with it, completing the scam with the misspelling of her name.

Lost in a world that is not her own little Alyss only knows two things for sure, first, she is on the run from Redd and second she must learn to live and blend in the new world she has been transported to by the pool of tears.

And let me tell you Victorian London can be a strange and weird place for anyone coming from Wonderland, especially when everyone keeps telling you that you imagined it all.

Review

This book made me feel like a little girl again, when you ask for a little more and your imagination goes on overdrive painting the world the words in the book keep coming your way.

 The world that Frank Beddor created with Alice in Wonderland was revolutionary, he really made it his own, specially by giving us a reason to forget about the original and to let our minds dive into what he has to say.

The thing that attracted me from this book was “Princess Alyss of Wonderland” a side book that is a scrapbook of sorts that digs more into the life of Alyss as she arrives to the obscure and unknown streets of London, as soon as I started reading that small book I knew I would end up reading The Looking Glass Wars.

In The Looking Glass Wars we watch Alyss grow and jump worlds and both her and the reader experience the changes that have happened to Wonderland while Alyss was away and the decisions she would have to make in case she wishes to restore peace to the land that should have watched her grow.

I know this book was in the list of steampunk for kids but honestly this book goes beyond ages, this is the type of book that makes you want to dig deeper into the world, you would want to fill the holes that are left in this book and fortunately Frank Beddor does help you fill up the blanks.

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