But the continual presence of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in the popular zeitgeist is sufficient familiarity for anyone to pick up Alice, an arresting novel by Christina Henry published last summer. I’ve never even watched any of the Alice in Wonderland adaptations that have been animated or filmed. Outside the door stood hand in hand with something dark and hideous, a thing crafted of shadow with flashing silver teeth…” Blood on her hands and under her feet, blood in her mouth and pouring from her eyes. She matched her breath to his, and it was almost like holding his hand as the night closed in.Īlice dreamed of blood. said nothing, but she heard his breath go deep and even, and she let her eyes fall shut. “Her voice trailed off, her throat full of love and loss and pain.
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