I am really sorry, but I just couldn't get through this one. There was just so much talk of how Alice was the only girl who could save them, but of course she was denying that she was anything special. There was a hint of a love triangle and Alice blushed at EVERYTHING. Also, there was way too much emphasis on dreams and her family was made out to be extreme tools because they gave Alice a hard time about her art. I just had a hard time imagining that everyone in her family would be that cruel. Also, it's one thing to want Alice to be in a more stable career than art, but why would her sister talk about how unpopular she was and how she only had one friend. I felt like I knew where this was going: Alice doesn't think she's special until she stands up to the evil villain in Wonderland, then she has to face her fears (another point that was hammered way too hard in the first part of the book to be coincidental and it felt too cheesy) and then she stands up to her family and realizes that she doesn't have to go along with people anymore. There just wasn't a lot of excitement with this one and the plot felt too predictable.

I enjoyed this Alice in Wonderland retelling, but it did take me a little while to get into it. The main character was okay, but it took me a while to like her and the love interests were rather predictable to me. Still, I love Alice in Wonderland and I find the retellings coming out fun and entertaining.

An okay Wonderland retelling but I admit that I have read better.

There is always something engaging about the story of Alice in Wonderland and I particularly like this reimagining of the story - taking it somewhere very new but somewhat familiar.
Meredith Alice Hughes doesn't quite fit nicely into the 'real' world. She is just that little out of step with her family who are academic and sporty whereas Alice (as she prefers to be known) finds her bliss in dance and art endeavors. Life is not too bad though as she has a wonderful best friend, Kate, and a hope that eventually her parents will see that art is not a bad career path to follow.
However, Alice is about to find out that things can be a great deal more complicated. One afternoon while returning to her locker to pick up her dance shoes Alice follows the four boys (recent arrivals at her school) and is surprised to see them entering a locker and disappearing. Stepping through herself she finds herself in Wonderland (yes, the place of the original Alice). In no time at all she is immersed in a life or death adventure where she is forced to take the role of the new savior of Wonderland. Supported by a cast of characters from the Mad Hatter (Malcolm) to the Cheshire Cat (Chase), she quickly discovers that there were some essential details not quite right in the original telling of the story particularly that many of the characters were actually people not just animals. Will Alice be able to save the residents of Wonderland and stay alive herself is well played out over the course of this novel.

I really enjoyed this story and the fantasy world created within it. I would have no hesitation recommending it to young adults who enjoy as well thought out fantasy tale. I did struggle a couple of times with the crush element of the story - Alice was quite mesmerized by Malcolm but it didn't affect the overall quality of story. Alice was an extremely likable character which is what really sold me on the adventure. I wanted her to be okay and make it out the other side - that is an important quality in a storyteller; to get the reader invested in the outcome. I'm intrigued to see what will come next in this series.

This book caught me because of an interesting synopsis and a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. It really does excites me to begin reading this but I'm disappointed. I think the plot is good and how it's written can improve because I believe there's a lot of potential in this.

After reading the first page of this book it made me double-check the name of the author and the title to make sure that I'm reading it for real. I don't like how it's written. It made me think that who wrote this maybe targeting a middle grade audience not teen/young adult which contradictory to the genre indicated in the description.

Moreover, I give this book a second chance after I lose my interest. However, I'm already 50% on this book, still, it is in slow-paced. Also, I start to hate the characters as they are acting immaturely and I really can't continue reading anymore.

This book is not for me and can't see myself continuing.

I am sorry. I couldn't get into this one. Did Not Finish.

As I read the synopsis I got hooked up to read this book because it sounds awesome but somehow I am so sad that it left me with feeling disappointed. The feeling of Alice in Wonderland were there but somehow there is something missing in there that couldn't catch up to my feeling.

But in other words, the writing of the book is good, only if the characters were a bit strong, it may help to build the strong way stronger than it should be.

Whatever it is, it may be me the only one who felt like this, so yeah.

Thank you for the giving me the opportunity to read it.

Meredith Hughes had never liked her first name and prefers to go by her middle name, Alice. One day at school Alice follows some fellow students into a locker and finds herself falling into the land in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. But the others give Alice a potion to make her forget her brief journey and return her home.

With everything back to normal for Alice things seem to be going fine until the White Rabbit shows up in her world and tries to kill her and Alice finds herself back in Wonderland. Apparently according to a prophecy Alice is the only one that can save Wonderland from a group, the Cirque de Rêves, that is trying to destroy and takeover the world.

Anyone that has followed my reviews knows that I’m a sucker for any retellings or retakes on the original stories such as Alice in Wonderland. I picked this one up hoping to get quickly involved in a new take on an old favorite but unfortunately that wasn’t the case.

The story in Trapped in Wonderland started off alright enough but for this reader I just found that it didn’t take too long into the book for the pace to just completely slow down and lose my interest. Now while the idea of this new Alice heading to Wonderland intrigued me to begin with I just found myself not really connecting with her or her journey.

Overall, some good ideas within but just wasn’t really for me as it seemed to just be too slow paced and not enough new and exciting to draw my attention.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

I liked Dani Hoots' previous book about Hades Daughter so I was really looking forward to this one. I loved the story but my enjoyment was spoiled by the amount of mistakes in the text and the speech which is quite unnatural and stilted. It's a shame because otherwise a great book.

Maybe I have read one too many re-telling of "Alice in Wonderland" but I couldn't get into the story. I just couldn't connect with the characters and found it difficult to get to the book, because I found it to be a slow read. That's sad, because I liked some previous books written by Dani Hoots and I really wanted to like this one too.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley and Victory Editing!