I received this in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. Thank you to the author, Marissa Meyer, and the publisher, Feiwel & Friends, for this opportunity. 
 When I found out that this was an Alice in Wonderland retelling, I knew I had to read it! 2016 seems to be the year of the retelling and yet, to my knowledge, no-one has recounted this curious and beloved tale. So I was intrigued how Meyer would re-bring the madness and mayhem of the original to life. 
 And, initially, she did just that. 
 Our protagonist, Catherine, lives in Hearts and is the heir to Turtle Rock Cove. Her life really is a curious one; complete with invisible cats with mile-wide smiles, dream-grown trees lacing her bed-posts, hats with the ability to change the wearer's nature and suitors that vary from Kings to jesters. But these become the least of her worries once a Jaberwock threatens the people of Hearts. Catherine vows to discover what the mysterious beast is after, whilst also attempting to save her own doomed love-life in the process. 
 For me, this started out initially strong and I enjoyed the eccentric characters and plot-lines. Soon, however, I felt these were over-shadowed by the prominence of the romantic aspects of the story. These I found to be rather underwhelming and I was eager to return to the former craziness. It wasn't that there was anything to dislike about this, it just wasn't as original and didn't continue to grip me as much as the first portion did. 
 I enjoyed all of the Alice references and Meyer truly made this infamous story her own. The twists of the plot were all unprecedented and the writing managed to be both peculiar and lyrically beautiful. However, I did not anticipate how big a factor the romantic elements would play, and found these a little dull in comparison with the other more thrilling plot-lines.