SERIES REVIEW

A spicy Alice in Wonderland retelling Where she gets ALL THE MEN? Sign me up!

As you can probably guess  - this is an Alice in Wonderland retelling, where Alice aka (Allison), a bookish nerd with feelings for a close friend, attends a party out of her comfort zone. Feeling out of place, she runs off to read her book when she finds her friend, and bam. He gets shot in the head. Normal - right? Completely taken aback, Allison sees the culprit - a man with white ears - and begins to follow him. As the classic tale goes, she follows the rabbit down the rabbit hole and things get even weirder. Realizing the young girl has fallen into a twisted (and much spicier) version of Lewis Carroll's novel, she attempts to follow the steps Alice took to get out of Wonderland, except she is in Underland - a realm of dying magic and corruption that needs saving. Allison's journey becomes curiouser and curiouser, as original characters keep showing up as very attractive men, and calling her The Alice. With this group by her side, she must defend Underland and its magic by defeating the Anti-Alice. 

This was such a fun read, and I am not gonna lie - I was absolutely here for the spice. An Alice in Wonderland retelling where she gets to be with NINE men? Count me in all the way. It was spicy, dark, magical, and just an easy read. On top of that, it still had a good amount of plot and an actual storyline which I enjoyed. There were a lot of great ideas and bold choices that I think paid off well and it definitely gave me that dark and twisted Wonderland that I was hoping for. I will be rereading this book several times, for the spice, the men, but also the whimsy. 

The thing that really made this book stand out to me was the audiobook. I am all for a great audiobook especially when it is a full cast, so I was shocked to find out after listening to the entire series, that it was only a duet narration. The narrators did such a wonderful job that I truly thought most of the characters had their own narrator so huge props to the voice actors and the editors that created such an amazing listen. The sound quality was amazing, as was the atmosphere and the overall production. I have no negative feedback for the audiobook, it was perfectly well done.

For as much as I enjoyed this series, there were a few things that made my overall rating drop, and that would mainly be that I felt some areas were rushed. It was very fast paced and there was quite a bit going on to the point where I needed to rewind and read a few pages over again. Keeping on subject with the pacing - I completely understand that it’s hard to put in quality time between one woman and nine men in such a short series, but I do feel there was a lack of connection between the FMC and some of the men. I wish we got to see more one-on-one time between them and have a bit more consistency with their relationships. Another thing that bothered me was the age of the FMC. For such a spicy book I personally believe all characters should be over 20 - but that is a personal preference. 

Overall though, this book was so fun and dark and twisted. I loved every minute of reading it. I have since begun my collection of the Harem of Hearts series and am proud to have a dedicated shelf to display these beauties. I have also recently purchased the authors series: Witchwood Academy which is another why-choose, so stay tuned for that review soon! If a very spicy, why-choose retelling where Alice gets all the twisted men of Wonderland is your thing, then please give it a read and leave a review to support the author!

As always, check your trigger warnings before you read and enjoy this twisted wonderland!

⭐ Story: 4/5
🌶️ Spice: 5/5
🖤 Darkness: 2.5/5
🎧/📖 Format: Paperback, Audible, KU
❤️ Favourite character: Tee
✨ Top tropes:
• Why Choose
• Retelling
• Portal dimension 

Audiobook

Narrators:

Kylie Stewart as Allison - The Alice & All Female Characters

Eric Nolan as:

• Rab - The White Rabbit

• Dee - Tweedle Dee

• Tee - Tweedle Dum

• Lar - The Caterpillar

• North - The Duke of Northumbria

• March - The March Hare

• The Mad Hatter

• The King of Hearts

• Chesh - The Cheshire Cat

• All Male Characters

Total Length: 30h & 17mins

 Narration: 5/5
Production: 5/5
Favourite voice: Eric Nolan as The Mad Hatter