Oh, Alice

 I received a free copy of Alice the Dagger by Ashley McLeo in exchange for an honest review. There might be spoilers in this review, so read at your own risk.

This book is a mess in the sense that it needs another round of editing. I spent more time on the book rereading sentences trying to figure out what was happening, so I could not be emotionally invested in the story like I wanted to be. (I want to cry when characters die or are scared for them when they are close to being captured or their goals feel like they are slipping away).

Instead, I almost DNFed it after the first chapter but persevered because we had not gotten to Henri Hatter who was the sole reason that I wanted to read the book in the first point. And he did not disappoint, in fact, he is probably the only good thing about the book.

I loved how the author tried to twist the retelling of Alice in Wonderland with Alice being an assassin, but her bada*s got stolen from her infuriating need to be one of those characters who whine about the silliest things (like I am sorry, princess, that your fae kingdom needs you and a hot guy likes you and treats you with more respect than you deserve, but you feel you need to go back to the human world where nobody loves you). I despise those characters with a passion.

I love how she portrayed the Cheshire Cat, the twins, Caterpillar, and March Hare. My only wish for them is that we got to see more of them especially since one got beheaded before you could even get to fully appreciate them (I will not say which one).

I am curious to read the second book because I want to see if it is better than the first.

3 out of 5 stars.