I adored this book. 
 At first I was a little hesitant, any story that takes a twist on a classic (like Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty etc.) either has the potential to be extremely good....or really bad. This would fall into the former category. 
 The characters are lively and easy to like. Alyss and Jeb make a good pair but honestly the star of the book is Morpheus. As infuriating as he can be, I love him. The author did a wonderful job of taking elements from the Alice in Wonderland story (the ocean of tears, the chesire cat, the tea party, the hookah pipe smoking caterpillar, the red queen) and twisting them into something else that was so believable. I like A.G. Howard's version of events far better than the original. 
 Sometimes you'll get frustrated with some of the twists. You think you finally understand something and then you stamp your feet and grit your teeth when you realize that you don't, but that makes you only want to keep reading all the more. I wish I had the sequel on hand to read it but I'll just have to wait. 
 If you like re-tellings of classic stories, definitely give this one a shot. You'll fall in love with it....or Morpheus...yeah...you'll probably fall in love with Morpheus.