2.75 stars 
 When the night comes and all the lights switch off, obscure and invisible predators start their hunt. They're not animals, neither humans. No more. The right word is zombies, and Alice's family is nothing more than another pray. 
 ~ I am not fond of horror story, but I wanted to give a try since I though this book was an Alice in Wonderland retelling. However the only analogies I found were the figure of the White Rabbit (here a cloud) and the (false) madness of Alice's father. Where was my dear Mad Hatter? And my fluffy Cheshire Cat??? But since I'm open minded (during this time of the year) I thought "No problem, let's give it another chance". 
 ~ And the first two chapters were just soooo good! I enjoyed Alice's dark humor and the creepy atmosphere. Moreover, the main character's thoughts are direct and involving thanks to the first person narrator and her personality is rather... strong? Stubborn? Inclined to self suicide? Hard to decide. 
 ~ There's just a liiiiittle problem that could be summed up with a quote: 
 "Have you ever been in a fight? Because you look like something out of a fairy tale." 
 "The wicked witch?" 
 "Please. The princess." 
 Please, and I am the ogre who's going to throw up all over the place! 
 You can imagine that I didn't appreciated the romance side so much. It's always the same story; the "poor new" girl falls immediately in love with the "dark, dangerous and aggressive" boy. So yes, this is what ruined the story the most, because the more it went on, the more the horror element was substituted by the romantic one. 
 ~ On the other hand I DID appreciated the two coups de theatre, and in particular the second one. It was rather unexpected and just as bloody as I like it (a small blessing since in this horror story there isn't so much blood involved! Funny isn't it?).