Saturday 5 September 2020

Review of Queen of Hearts (Queen of Hearts Saga #1) by Colleen Oakes


EVIL IS RISING IN WONDERLAND

This is not the story of wonderland which we have been told about before. Alice has not had her fall down the rabbit hole yet and the kingdom is very different. There is no all-knowing Cheshire cat with a taunting smile, this is the wonderland where beneath each smile lies a secret, each jam tart comes with its own demand and the only prisoners are the only ones who tell the truth.

Dinah is the crown princess who will one day be ruler of the Kingdom of Wonderland. At her young age she has not yet seen the darkest depths of the kingdom - she always and only longs for her fathers approval and the future with the boy that has stolen her heart. However it is her father who betrays her and breaks her heart into a million pieces and threatens her right tot he throne. She is forced into Wonderlands dangerous political game which starts when she is introduced to the illegitimate child of her father. Dinah must try and stay one step ahead of her cunning enemies or she will lose not only her right to the crown but also her head.

Evil is brewing in wonderland and maybe - most frighteningly - in her own character. This is the story which does not have a happy ever after and is the story of how the Queen of Hearts become who she was when we were introduced to Alice.

I loved this story as we were finally able to get some of the history about the Queen and how she turned out the way she is - what was so horrible that she turned evil. Well it is all in this story. The first thing that you see if that Dinah is a lonely child and she has the most tyrannicidal father, who announces to the whole of his court that he has a illegitimate child - who you would think would become a friend for her - and she is being put before her in the path to the throne. There is elements of out favourite wonderland characters in some of the courtiers but you can help but see the differences from them.  I have found that this story is the one story that fills in the blanks and explains the cultures and history behind the foundations of the stories we know. This shows how the character development has been done and the thought which has been put into the story line. I would recommend this book to anyone who have and does love the tradition Alice in Wonderland story.

For you copy of this thrilling story, follow the attached link :https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Hearts-Book