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What happened when Alice came back from Wonderland? I think the concept of the book sounded amazing just from the start. When she got home, Alice´s parents thought her stories were really cute and that she was a child with an incredible imagination, but when the years keep passing and Alice turned older, the stories never stopped and they weren´t cute anymore. Alice´s parents decide to take her to an asylum and she won´t come out until all this wonderland talk is over.
So the years pass and Alice goes through a lot of heave treatments until she decides she won´t talk about it anymore because it won´t help her get out, and the doctor finally believes her, and its about to release her when a hideous nurse finds Alice´s notebook with all her draws from Wonderland so he knows she was faking it. Now he decides to take her to Switzerland, to a clinic where a "new procedure" will help her get cured, in just one day. Just before she gets surgery she runs out to Wonderland, where things are much more worse than she remembers, the Queen of Hearts is crazy and wants to behead everybody who crosses her, and Alice will be part of a team in charge of saving Wonderland once and for all.

A few things to note here, if you don´t like Alice in Wonderland, you won´t like this book at all. The autor managed to make the writing much more similar to Lewis Carroll than any re-imagination of Alice I have read before. All the mad sentences and songs, language, everything was much Carroll like and I really enjoyed that from the story.
The story is told from two different points of view, one from Alice and one from the Queen of Hearts, one chapter each, so we follow the story from both sides and it does get a little confusing at times. There were some twists and turns that I did not expect in this book, and some of them made me a little weary, the story is really violent, and there is a huge political drama involved and you will never know who the good ones nor the bad ones are.
Overall I enjoyed this book a lot with exception from the ending. To be honest, I´m not sure how the writer was going to finalize this story but it felt a little bit rushed and it did left many things unexplained, hence 3,5 stars for me.

As I'm sure I've mentioned in several of my posts, I love retellings. This book follows Alice briefly during her life after Wonderland and then her return. She is living in an asylum and she still can't convince herself if her adventure in Wonderland was real or insanity. This book had me chuckling with its slapstick humor and satire. It was written in a peculiar way that represented the absurdity of the Red Queen and how she ruled her kingdom.
Alice is convinced to join the Queen's court to get her close to overthrow the Queen of Hearts. The writing was entertaining and the story is reminiscent of overall quirkiness of the movies directed by Tim Burton. Alice has to earn the Queen's trust and avoid suspicion while trying to accomplish her mission.
The story didn't end how I would've preferred, but the entire story overall was really enjoyable. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys retellings or even anyone looking for a quirky and humorous story.

Thank yo the NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book.

The story was not for me, maybe is because I didn't really enjoyed the original Alice in Wonderland and I picked this book as a second try to that story (I'll stay with the movies). The writing style is easy to read, the plot is really good, I really enjoyed how Alice is seen as a mad person (something that would happen in real life). How the story is told from two perspectives and the creepy factor that the doctor and nurses brings to the story. I like how every character has their own name, not just "The White Rabbit", "The Queen of Hearts", etc. I wish I would have enjoyed it more, because is a really good twist on the story, but as I said, I'm not really a fan of Alice in Wonderland (the book). And I think this would be the last book I read about this story, but I have to say, I was enjoying this more than the original.

Oh how I've missed you, my beloved characters from Alice in Wonderland! Ramsay absolutely brought you all back to life in her wonderful novel "Ever Alice". My only complaint is the lack of sleep I got due to reading until the wee hours of the morning... And now that I've finished it, I can't stop thinking about it. Great read! Highly recommend!

Reading "Ever Alice" brought back the nostalgia I always feel regarding one of my Top 3 Classics of all time. Being back into this world, surrounded by such mesmerising characters was a blast. The storylines are, however, more mature, more realistic so to speak. I keep loving the innocence of the original, but I admit that this new Wonderland has grown on me. The plot twists, the new Court members, the fact that the author wasn't afraid of changing old characters' personalities into more adult and biased ones - it got stuck to me in a way I wasn't expecting.
And of course, it wouldn't have been the same if she hadn't add those two prolongue scenes. Without adding spoilers, they have quite a baffling feeling on the reader, just as Carrol version has - the perfect finale inkling.

When Alice fell through the rabbit hole, she discovered a world filled with mystery and quite a bit of nonsense. She battled jabberwockies, talked with animals, and met a queen. But what happened when she came back?

Ever Alice picks up where Lewis Carroll left off. Alice has talked about Wonderland non-stop since her return and her parents are concerned. They’ve taken her to doctor after doctor until they have no choice but to commit her to an asylum. But Alice knows she’s not crazy. Every bit of Wonderland was as real as the padded walls around her. And when the White Rabbit shows up once again to lead her to Wonderland, she is convinced even more that what she’s seen is real. But the Rabbit hasn’t come back to invite her to tea or to walk through the gardens. This time, he’s back with a mission, one only Alice can do. He wants her to kill the Queen of Hearts.

H.J. Ramsay doesn’t skip a beat in this beautiful, nonsensical retelling of a classic. While keeping the integrity of Carroll’s characters intact, she makes it her own as well. It’s easy to get lost in the wonders of Wonderland and I’m reminded of my childhood and discovering Wonderland with Alice for the first time. Ramsay delivers more than just a new chapter in Alice’s story. She reminds us that sometimes reality isn’t all it seems and it’s ok to go back to Wonderland.

**I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley for an honest review.**

Okay so it took me quite a while to read this because of the joys of university education but hey, I'm finally done!

Even though I've read a couple books like this one before (Alice in the Wonderland angst-edition, asylums, everyone's crazy, blah blah) it was still surprisingly fun. The way it's written is so nice, with all the opposite words and quirks that belong to the original Alice in Wonderland but with all the dark concepts thrown in the middle. The perspective switching between Rosamund and Alice was especially nice (now that I've read the ending I see why they did that!)

I can't say much about it without spoiling it but I was going with a solid three stars until the ending-- The last page was SO GOOD AHHH I kinda want a backstory but also don't because that would ruin it (does that make sense)

So yeah anyway, I'd definitely recommend reading this book (it's out pretty soon! Look forward to it!), great fantasy elements and a pretty interesting plot with surprising bits of humor.

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Ever Alice attempts to explain what happened to Alice after she left Wonderland. It's something most fans of the classic story have likely wondered. I'm not a huge fan of the original, but I decided to try this one anyway. I struggled through the slow beginning and got bored with it several times throughout the story. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this story any more than the original. Big fans of Alice in wonderland will enjoy this one. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

So if you liked Danielle Paige's Dorothy Must Die (which I liked the first one) then you will enjoy Ever Alice.

Yes we are talking about that Alice! Her tales of Wonderland did not give her a happy ever after instead she is locked up in an asylum, and is agreeing to a procedure that is of course experimental. Of course she changes her mind and runs off with the Rabbit and returns to wonderland where she now has to actually take out the Queen.

In a weird way, the beginning of this reminded me of the idea behind the TV show "Wonderland" or what ever it was called. It was the spin off of Once Upon a Time.

I love that we get both (Alice and the Queen of Hearts ) perspective. I have loved retellings like this (Huge fan of Wicked)
Is this book lifel changing um no. It's not supposed to be! Its a entertaining catch up on what Alice has been up to!

I wanted to enjoy this but sadly missed the mark for me, it was slow to start and by time it picked up I found I wasn’t interested, couldn’t keep me involved. The characters didn’t feel fully developed probably due to constantly switching points of view didn’t seem to be long enough to build them up, the characters just seem a weak copy of the original books

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest review

Ever Alice felt like a sequel to the original Alice in wonderland books. It was interesting to read perspectives of both the Queen of Hearts and Alice which was something I haven’t seen done before. I enjoyed reading about the somewhat bizarre customs of wonderland in Ever Alice and I loved the chaos of the court of the Queen of Hearts. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

I wanted to love this book and was really intrigued by the plot...a more grown-up Alice undergoing crazy procedures at insane asylums and escaping to Wonderland at the final moment. It sounded as if it had so much potential, not to mention a familiar setting with well-beloved characters from one of everybody’s favorite childhoods tales. I’m all for retellings or original spin-offs of fantastical classics, but this one missed the mark for me. I was quite bored through much of it, if I’m going to be honest, and it took too long for the story to pick up.

Things that worked, however, included the alternating chapter POVs between Alice and the Red Queen, the familiarity of the setting and characters, the respect towards the original story, and the whimsical writings that are reminiscent of Lewis Carroll. Perhaps one day I’ll give it another go, but this just didn’t do much for me.

"All ways were her way, and whatever way she wanted, she generally got, even if only in the end."

I received a free e-ARC through NetGalley from the publishers at Red Rogue Press. Trigger warnings: death, decapitation, violence, surgery, body horror, blood, poison, mental illness. Spoilers will be clearly marked.

When Alice returns from Wonderland, her parents find her stories charming for a while, but as she grows older, they eventually land her in an asylum. Just before undergoing a cutting-edge new procedure, Alice escapes to Wonderland with the White Rabbit, where things are worse than ever. The Queen of Hearts has beheaded the king and anyone else who dares to cross her, and she’s convinced that her entire court is trying to betray her. Alice finds work as one of the queen’s attendants, where she tries to make her new life work, but a group of underground rebels urges her to put an end to the mad queen once and for all.

Alice in Wonderland is my favorite fairytale, so I might be overly critical of its adaptations. I can never pass one up, but Ever Alice isn’t one of its better incarnations. A writer can take all the nonsense words and Wonderland references they want from the original tale, but the best adaptations take ownership of that source material and make it into something new. While Ramsay is clearly well-versed in the original stories, with plenty of nods to Carroll’s writing, there’s very little being added to the Alice mythology here. Combine the original story with the Tim Burton movie, plus some Return to Oz (1985) vibes in the beginning, and you’ll get Ever Alice. There was never a point where I felt fully immersed in the world or characters.

And that’s the second major issue. The chapters alternate between Alice and the queen, Rosamund, but neither feel like fully developed, three-dimensional people. Rosamund’s chapters are almost pure nonsense in a blend of paranoia and self-centeredness (a near-perfect imitation of Burton’s Queen of Hearts, I’ll admit), and Alice doesn’t seem to have any particular qualities. She doesn’t want to go back to the asylum or lose her head, but she doesn’t do a lot to prevent either of those things. Her romance with the vapid prince is fairly silly, as is most of the plot, though the ending in Wonderland is funny in a morbid, slapstick kind of way. I enjoyed the portrayal of the loyal White Rabbit, but other than that, the characters are shallow copies of the source material that never have a chance for real development. I didn’t care for the ending twist (more after the spoilers mark), which was really just a coffin nail. Recommended for diehard Alice fans, but not much else.

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. TURN BACK BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

In terms of bad endings, probably the only thing worse than “none of this is real” is “I gave my main character a lobotomy”, and Ever Alice, unfortunately, has both. I’ve never met a story where this strategy worked (Shutter Island? Definitely not. Sucker Punch? Maybe, but only if you’re following the main character’s motivations really closely.). It mostly just made me feel like I’d wasted my time with the rest of this story. Alice in Wonderland often walks the edge of was it real or was it just a dream/hallucination, but more work needs to be done to make that a satisfying conclusion rather than a cheap plot twist.

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Let me start this review saying that I REALLY wanted to like this book. I really did. But I just found so many things just missed the mark for me.

It was truly a shame because the premise was so intriguing to me. It started off with a definite struggle to get into the book. Especially when it came to Rosamund's chapters in which we were seeing things from her POV. Following Alice's side of the story kept me engaged, hence my completing this book instead of completely writing it off as the whole aspect of the mental hospital? Super cool and creepy...so gimme that. But I just keep going back to Rosamund's side of the story. It kind of ruined the whole reading experience for me simply because I found myself skipping or skimming her portions of the story due to lack of connection with the character.

As an Alice in wonderland fan I'm always looking for new Alice retellings to read. This had an interesting take on the classic character and had me intrigued from the first page. I don't know why it almost flew under my radar but definitely glad I was able to read this unique gem early.

This book sadly wasn't for me.. I thought I'd give it a try as I liked Alice in Wonderland but am not a huge fan so was excited to read a retelling/ after the original / futuristic adaptation. I think if you're a big fan of Alice in Wonderland and retellings you will enjoy this book but just wasn't for me. Thank you though beautiful cover and writing.

What really happens to Alice after she comes back from Wonderland? According to Ever Alice by HJ Ramsay, poor Alice's life is never the same. This tale takes readers on a journey with Alice back to the "curiouser and curiouser" world of Wonderland, reuniting us with favorite (and not-so-favorite) characters, and putting a whole new spin on this beloved tale.

When Alice returned from Wonderland in the original Lewis Carroll tale, life was supposed to return to normal for the silly blond girl. However, with no one believing her stories of talking animals and the Queen of Hearts, Alice found herself torn from her family and place in an asylum. There was only one way out of this situation, and that was a return to Wonderland, to the Queen of Heart's palace, and to a whole new adventure.

Alice is reunited with her beloved White Rabbit (real name, Ralph), who has a new mission for Alice - kill the Queen of Hearts. Then she will be able to return home and all will be well. What Alice doesn't expect, is to make friends in the Queen's court, and maybe even fall in love?

Ever Alice was an exciting and unique twist on the typical Alice in Wonderland tale. HJ Ramsay takes us deeper into the land we became familiar with in Lewis Carroll's original works and leads down a dark and sinister path of plots and intrigue. At times the story seems to be heading off a cliff, but Alice always finds a way to solve the problems and come out on top, even when it seems impossible. She is a beloved heroine and Ramsay does an excellent job of staying true to the whimsy and wackiness of the original Wonderland, while taking us on a whole new journey. Any teen, young adult, or even adult who enjoys the original Alice tale should definitely pick up a copy of Ever Alice.

I was really excited when I heard about this book. I've always loved Alice in Wonderland, for all its nonsensical madness, and was keen to read this 'follow-up' of sorts. It does read curiously similarly to the original and fans of Alice will surely enjoy it.

My only disappointment here was that there was very little in terms of new plot; it's almost a continuation of the original books which simply projects the plot to its conclusion. The plot is very linear and this is quite unusual in a novel of this length. I really liked the parts in the asylum, and simply wanted more of them.

this book was everything. As a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, I was so excited to read this book.

I knew from the reviews a lot of people felt it was redundant but as a lover of the Wonderland story and having seen Tim Burtons movie about Wonderland I found the story to be fun, intriguing and quite fanciful. It was everything I wanted it to be and more.

I loved seeing the story told from Alice's and the Queen of Hearts point of view and of course loved returning to Wonderland. I also enjoyed reconnecting with characters I have loved for years.

Overall this book was a total win for me. It was creative, fun and was full of everything you would want about a world where nothing is as it seems.

Loved this book, it was my first encounter with an Alice in Wonderland retelling and oh boy was it dark and twisted!