Why read Looking Glass?

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In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood.

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In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. But someone knows her secret--someone who has a secret of…

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1 author picked Looking Glass as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Lisa Preziosi

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Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is ripe with retellings, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a darker, more gruesome version than Christina Henry’s. In this violent, twisted landscape, a broken Alice finds herself trapped in an insane asylum, with only one friend—Hatcher. Known for being mad, he’s housed in the neighboring cell, imprisoned for killing people with a hatchet. We follow these damaged characters as they escape their prison and navigate a nightmarish world. While this is not a story for the faint of heart, if you can handle the darkness, Henry’s lovely prose and imaginative story will take you…

From Lisa's list on The best books when you have a soft spot for fairy tales, but still love the unexpected.