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This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.

When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.

Splintered (Splintered #1) by A.G. Howard will be our second Group Buddy Read for October 2014.

Please read at your own pace, and hide any spoilers ☺ You are welcome to join at any time during the month ☺

Happy Reading Everybody!

Yes! I have the whole series and I am so excited to read this! :)

I'm just hoping it will make more sense second time around. I got so confused at the end of the book the first time I read it!

Really? Oh no! I really, really want this series to be good! :)

totally in. me and my sis are gonna be reading the same book for the first in forever lol

Ericka wrote: "totally in. me and my sis are gonna be reading the same book for the first in forever lol"

That sounds good!

I am in ! :) My very first buddy read participation !

Welcome Ayah!

I'm in!

thanks sarah, it worked :)

Yay! ☺

I'll be joining starting around the 17th-19th.

That's fine ☺

Going to read a few chapters now. :)

Chapter 1 - (view spoiler)[ Keeping bugs in jars and then killing them? She sounds like a delightful child... not. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6 - This is weird. (view spoiler)[ And it's most likely going to get even weirder now she's in wonderland. (hide spoiler)]

Abbie wrote: "Chapter 1 - [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I hate her art. I would not go to her house if you paid me. all those dead bugs. yuck. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Chapter 1 - [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ It's disgusting. (hide spoiler)]

CHAPTER 5 - I had forgotten how darn slow this book is.

Sarah wrote: "CHAPTER 5 - I had forgotten how darn slow this book is."

It really is. Slow and weird!

Chapter 13 - So bored!

I've had enough, I need to switch to something else for a bit. Do you want to read an ARC?

Can do. :)

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ poor cheshire cat! there is a degree of magic to this story, but its confusing and slow. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 11 (view spoiler)[ he finally confesses that he likes her! (hide spoiler)]

I read most of this last night/this morning while my internet was being annoying. Just have a few chapters left now.
(view spoiler)[ It got a bit better the further in, but it's still weird and slow. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 1-3 (view spoiler)[I agree with both of you about the art. Eew! I have so many questions about her mother right now.... (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6: (view spoiler)[It is interesting but I agree it is a bit slow. Although Jeb seems nice there is something about him I don't quite like but can't put my finger on. (hide spoiler)]

Jamie wrote: "Chapters 1-3 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ my mother would leave voluntarily if i had dead insects on the wall! (hide spoiler)]

Jamie wrote: "Chapter 6: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ the pace is a bit of a killer for me. There is something a bit weird about Jeb. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Chapter 6: [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]" Yeah, I am not 130 pages in and still can't shake that feeling. Nothing major but still.


(view spoiler)[Carnivorous plants, mutant creatures, Rabid "rabbits"....This can almost rival the twisted games for American McGee's Alice and Alice, Madness Returns. (hide spoiler)]

Finally starting this book.. Interesting character so far. Alice in Wonderland's great great grandaughter? Hmm.. And she has an obsession with bugs? Eck

The bugs thing is weird.

chapter 18 (view spoiler)[ I'm getting quite confused again. she needs to be crowned queen to fulfill the death speak, but once she is crowned she can leave and someone else will become queen? how is that going to work? (hide spoiler)]

I started reading this one today, just before I joined the group :)

I hope I won't get bored like some of you have.

I'll post updates :)

Welcome Lemon! ☺

chapter 19 (view spoiler)[ how did Jeb end up in the box? (hide spoiler)]

I just saw that this was GBR and I literally just read the first to Alice books by Lewis Carroll. I'm going to join this, starthing tonight!

33% - I'm really not that familiar with the original Alice in Wonderland story so this is interesting.. I like it so far.. It's an interesting mix of fantasy and retelling.

48% (view spoiler)[ I like Morpheous but not really in a romantical way.. I like how he talks and what he says. But I like Jeb better.. I get the feeling he has always been in love with Alyssa for a long time and Alyssa is just now learning that she likes Jeb as more than a friend too. (hide spoiler)]

Rachael wrote: "48% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I think I liked Morpheous more than Jeb. I may just have a thing for bad boys, but I didn't like the way Jeb's girlfriend was so mean to Alyssa, and I liked the history that she had with Morpheous ☺ (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[ Okay I can see that.. I usually like the bad boy too but I felt like Morpheous was more of an adult than Alyssa was.. I didn't like how Jeb's gf treated her either but I hoped Jeb would kick her to the curb and realize how nasty she was (hide spoiler)]

Rachael wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

I hoped for that too.

Chapter 10 - (view spoiler)[I have a feeling Morpheus is going to have to live up to his vow at some point. About not leaving her hurt again. (hide spoiler)] Lots of ups and downs of when this book makes sense vs when I am a bit confused.

I found that too, at points I was thinking 'this actually isn't too bad', and then at other points I was thinking 'what is going on?'

Chapter 18 - bored

She JUST NOW figured out (view spoiler)[ she's the heir? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 19 (view spoiler)[ D'ahhhhh okay I like Morpheous.. <3 (hide spoiler)]

Rachael wrote: "Chapter 18 - bored"

I know that feeling.