Review: 
 Protagonist: In this book most of Alyssa's character development is focused around trying to balance both her netherling and human sides. I found it really interesting that this wasn't all about embracing her netherling side, but was instead whether or not she could find a way to experience both parts of herself and have a normal human life while still finding a way to care for Wonderland. Alyssa comes a long way in this book and I really loved how she grew and matured within just a few hundred pages. 
 Romance: Morpheus is still a huge pain in the ass, while I will admit that he does a few good/heroic things in this book, he's still the same manipulative, obsessive, and controlling Morpheus he was in the first book. While he has arguably a better reason to do what he does in this book, I couldn't help thinking that there was a better, and much less annoying way to go about it. I'm not saying that Jeb is the paragon of a perfect love interest or anything, but at least in my opinion, he's a much better love interest than Morpheus. 
 World-Building: It was funny how long I was waiting for Alyssa and Co. to enter Wonderland. For some reason, probably because it was brought up at the beginning of the book, but they never went. Even though this book takes place almost exclusively in the human world doesn't mean there weren't some Wonderlandian moments, in fact there were a lot. More than that though is how much we learn about Wonderland's past and Alyssa's own origins. There's a lot to learn and still a lot left to be discovered by the end of this book. 
 Predictability: So on the whole this book was very surprising. I think it was because I was expecting one thing, but when I was presented with something different I got off my game. Seriously though there were moments, especially towards the end, that I didn't see coming until just before they happened, even the cliffhanger I should have at least had a feeling would happen. However, it was a fun and maddening ride til the very end. 
 Ending: So this ending was seriously insane, in the best possible way. It was partly because of how unexpected it was and just for the sheer awsomeness it entailed. So the final climactic moments are both shocking and heart-wrenching. Then in the final chapter of the book, I was both surprised and impressed with Alyssa's ingenuity going into the cliffhanger. 
 Rating: 
 So I debated on the rating for a while and while I'm still not 100% sure 4 stars is high enough it's the best I've got. I tried not to take how annoying Morpheus was into consideration too much, so really most of the reason it's this low is that something just felt a bit off, maybe because for nearly half, if not more, of the book it felt a bit like filler. Anyway this is still an amazing follow up to Splintered and I'm trying to withhold myself from reading Ensnared right this second.