A Dream So Dark - A Blade So Black Author:L.L. McKinney "With memorable characters and page-turning thrills, A Blade So Black is the fantasy book I've been waiting for my whole life. Alice is Black Girl Magic personified." — ?Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give In this thrilling sequel to A Blade So Black, Alice goes deeper into a dark version of Wonderland.Still reel... more »ing from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates), Alice must abandon her friends to complete her mission: find The Heart and prevent the Red Lady's rise. But the deeper she ventures into Wonderland, the more topsy-turvy everything becomes. It?s not until she?s at her wits end that she realizes?Wonderland is trying to save her. There?s a new player on the board; a poet capable of using Nightmares to not only influence the living but raise the dead. This Poet is looking to claim the Black Queen?s power?and Alice's budding abilities?as their own. Dreams have never been so dark in Wonderland, and if there is any hope of defeating this mystery poet?s magic, Alice must confront the worst in herself, in the people she loves, and in the very nature of fear itself.An Imprint Book
Praise for A Blade So Black:
"Mixing elements of Alice in Wonderland and Buffy the Vampire Slayer... a delectable urban twist on beloved fairy tales." ?Entertainment Weekly
"A brash, refreshing, vitally diverse retelling of a classic... You need this book." ?Tor.com"This really is Lewis Carroll by way of Buffy, and it makes for a fun, gritty urban fantasy... will set the new standard for teen readers." ?NPR"A dark, thrilling fantasy-meets-contemporary story with a kickass heroine." ?Bustle« less