The Looking Glass Wars

Title: The Looking Glass Wars
Author: Frank Beddor
Series: Looking Glass Wars #1
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Format: Kindle
Pages: 364
Reason Read: Recommended
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Also in this series: Seeing Redd, ArchEnemy

My Thoughts

At first I started reading THE LOOKING GLASS WARS without any prior knowledge of Lewis Carroll’s original stories besides the movie adaptations. I was a little confused going in, so I put off reading it to read the originals first. After reading the two originals, I was a little worried I wouldn’t like this series because I didn’t enjoy Carroll’s stories all that much. Fortunately, I enjoyed THE LOOKING GLASS WARS much better because the story at least had a plot that made sense and the characters were fun.

I really liked the idea of Alyss Heart being real and that her story had just been twisted by Lewis Carroll. It made for some fun adventures, especially with adding Redd as an antagonist and Dodge Anders as a love interest. It was much more my type of story this way.

It took me about a third of the book to get into it, though. The first part of the book had a lot of telling not showing as it followed Alyss as a child and how she wound up in 19th century England. It was okay and it gave some back story, but I liked the book much better after she had grown up and returned to Wonderland.

I’m glad that I gave it a chance, though, and didn’t just stop reading it. I look forward to reading the sequel to see how this trilogy plays out.