3.25 Stars. This is a YA novella that is a modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland. The story is well written and sweet, but it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for. I think if I was 16 years-old, I would have loved this. I would actually recommend this novella for people wanting sweet F/F stories that a young person could read. This is the type of book I wished would have been in my high school library back in the day.

When I read the blurb about this being Alice, with witches, I was looking for a real magical adventure. But that’s not what this book is. It’s actually realistic holistic medicine as compared to magic. It doesn’t make the book bad in anyway, it was actually interesting, I was just looking for something different.

On the good side, the book is well written. The setting of the south was fantastic. It’s so well described that you feel like you are actually there.

I’m not sure I would call this a romance, but the main character Al does have feelings for another character. It is very much at the beginning stages, but still sweet. I liked how Al’s sexuality was not a big deal. She had never had feelings for a girl before. She was asked if that was a problem that she does now, she said nope, and that was it. No long coming out process, it just was what it was. There was a refreshing youthful innocence about the whole thing.

The biggest issue really for me was the length. I knew this was a novella, but it felt like the story just abruptly ended. I was at the 80% mark in my Kindle, so I was extra caught off guard. I guess most things were resolved, but the ending just didn’t sit right.

While this was a well written story, it was not to my personal tastes as much as I hoped. I believe people will find this to be a very sweet story. As I mentioned above, if you are looking for a light lesfic story that a younger audience could read, this would be a good choice.

P.S. I just have to point out that the cover is beautiful. NineStar Press has been putting out some really good covers lately.

Cute modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland that I found quite confusing at the beginning but it developed a strange charm - the characters took some getting used to but then they're fascinating and I really liked how all of Carroll's iconic characters are clearly identifiable but the author also managed to turn them into new, original figures.