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Oakes, Colleen
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Dinah, heir to Wonderland's throne, has been exiled by her murderous father, the King of Hearts. Aided by the Spade Sir Gorrann, Dinah gathers allies and matures from a naive, bereft princess into a warrior prepared to fight to become Queen of Hearts. Propelled by a fast-paced plot, this sequel to Queen of Hearts continues to take Carroll's familiar literary characters to exciting new places.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
YA
Dinah, the rage-filled heir to Wonderland's throne, marches to war to claim her right as queen. Secrets and surprises (betrayals! beheadings!) abound in this final installment (Queen of Hearts; Blood of Wonderland) in Oakes's reimagining of the heartbreaking life of Carroll's classic villain. By story's end, fury still burns inside the Queen of Hearts but alongside a glimmer of redemption.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
YA
Carroll's iconic Queen of Hearts gains a dark, complex backstory. Fifteen-year-old Dinah, Princess of Wonderland, is eager to someday reign as Queen of Hearts. Her circumstances change, however, as enemies, including her cruel-hearted father, conspire against her, and she is blamed for her mad brother's murder. The reinventions of classic characters are clever, and despite foreshadowing of the future queen's villainy, Dinah remains sympathetic.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
3 reviews
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