A Blade So Black
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
"A Blade So Black is the fantasy book I've been waiting for my whole life."
—Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give
For fans of Marissa Meyer, L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it's not the Wonderland you remember.
The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.
Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she’s ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head... literally.
Debut author L.L. McKinney delivers an action-packed twist on an old classic, full of romance and otherworldly intrigue.
And don't miss the thrilling sequel, A Dream So Dark!
An Imprint Book
"Mixing elements of Alice in Wonderland and Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Delectable." —Entertainment Weekly
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Ever since police in Atlanta, Ga., killed an unarmed black girl at a school football game, Alice Kingston's mother has watched Alice like a hawk. The attention is proving problematic for the 17-year-old black Dreamwalker, who secretly guards the city's Gateway to Wonderland (the "collective unconscious of the entire world") and slays any monsters (aka "Nightmares") that attempt to cross over. Alice is pondering retirement when her mentor, Addison Hatta, contracts a mysterious disease dubbed the Madness. Fellow Dreamwalkers Dimitri and Demarcus Tweedlanov join Alice on a quest to secure help from the White Queen, but when they find the queen similarly afflicted, Alice realizes that she might have to risk more than a grounding in order to save the day. Relentless action, spiraling stakes, and a fierce heroine distinguish debut author McKinney's fantasy update of Alice in Wonderland. The mechanics of Wonderland, its features, and its creatures sometimes feel hastily sketched, and secondary characters lack depth, but McKinney's imagination knows few bounds, and Alice's devotion to the others is contagious. A heartbreaking cliffhanger will leave fans clamoring for a sequel. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Fun YA fantasy
Saw a lot of mixed reviews about this book but saw it on the bookstore for 2.99 so thought it was a good chance to pick it up. Really loved the characters and their relationships and was really rooting for them the entire time. Definitely had its flaws with a bit of choppy writing but I was kept entertained the entire time and was left wanting to know more which is exactly what I wanted from this book! Got me out of my reading slump and now I’m on to the sequel.