Red Queen

By: Christina Henry

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

The author of Alice takes listeners back down the rabbit hole to a dark, twisted, and fascinating world based on the works of Lewis Carroll.

The land outside of the Old City was supposed to be green, lush, hopeful. A place where Alice could finally rest, no longer the plaything of the Rabbit, the pawn of Cheshire, or the prey of the Jabberwocky. But the verdant fields are nothing but ash - and hope is nowhere to be found.

Still, Alice and Hatcher are on a mission to find his daughter, a quest they will not forsake even as it takes them deep into the clutches of the mad White Queen and her goblin or into the realm of the twisted and cruel Black King. The pieces are set, and the game has already begun. Each move brings Alice closer to her destiny. But to win she will need to harness her newfound abilities and ally herself with someone even more powerful - the mysterious and vengeful Red Queen.

©2016 Tina Raffaele (P)2016 Recorded Books

i realy love this series....

it is a nice change from the knight ,wizard and dragon thing that I have been consuming. I love traveling with this dark twisted "Alice" down through the rabbit hole . I love the narration Warning it is for adult ears

Interesting

The adventure of Alice and Hatcher continue. I really do love how the author adds fairy tales and weaves them throughout the story but I felt it bogged down in some areas. Hatcher and Alice's love story, of two broken people and they know they are broken does fascinates me. looking forward to the third book and see where it takes us

Great story and characters!

enjoyed this story and the way that the narrator read it!! Enjoyed this story as much as the first book!!

good

I have thoroughly enjoyed this unique take on the classic Alice in wonderland tale

A little magic

I loved the narration, she does an absolutely wonderful job. And the way the story is told is beautiful.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a little magic.

Grown up version for Alice and Wonderland readers

This sequel continues the story of Alice and Hatcher in search of his lost daughter, Jeni. Filled with mystery and adventure again similar to the first book but I feel more interesting to listen to. Didn’t want to stop listening and couldn’t wait o see what challenges came upon Alice as she tried to find Hatcher. I recommend this series if you like twists about original stories. After reading this series I may listen to some of the authors others twist of classics stories. Do not listen to this book until you have listened to the first book since it takes up from where the other left off. The narrator does a great job of keeping the reader entranced in the story although some of her voices can be annoying.

Beautiful narration

After a horrifying journey through the Old City to win her freedom and her magic, Alice leaves the city with her companion, Hatcher, in search of his daughter and, perhaps, a little peace.

After listening to and enjoying Christina Henry’s Alice, and Jenny Sterlin’s beautiful narration, I started The Red Queen immediately.

Broken though they are, Alice and Hatcher share a great love. Out of that love, Alice commits to the journey to find Hatcher’s daughter, whom he hasn’t seen since she was a baby. Leaving the horrors of the city behind, they expect to find a kinder, more sensible land—once one has escaped a tragic situation, one should live happily ever after, right?

As most survivors know, this is not the case. Alice and Hatcher find just as much insanity, just as much treachery, just as much misery as they did in the city. Alice loses Hatcher to the wiles of the White Queen, who has destroyed the land and its people in her battle with the Black King. Now Alice has to decide who she is and what power she has in order to save Hatcher and reclaim her life.

The Red Queen felt to me like a book about growing up, or maybe about transformation. Alice’s growth as an adult had been stunted because of her time in the asylum. Now she’s escaped her past and the indiscretions of her youth, along with her captivity, and can look forward to her future. She has the chance to remake herself, and now must choose who she will become.

This is the last planned book in the Chronicles of Alice. I admit I was surprised by that. Having been told in Alice that Hatcher’s daughter was a famous courtesan in the Middle East, I assumed that the encounter with the White Queen was just an interlude on their way to the end of a trilogy, in which they would find Hatcher’s daughter and rescue her from her own version of The Walrus or The White Rabbit. Plus, I imagined the Middle East might hold some knowledge Alice would need to develop her skills as a magician. However, our protagonist didn’t have to travel as far as the Middle East to rescue children, learn about her magic, or decide what kind of person she would become.

it was ok

the story could have been better. I enjoyed the first book better than the second one.

Red Queen

I loved it! It is a wonderful twist from the old version and more geared towards adults.

More magical, less horrific than Alice

This is the 2nd book in the Alice series. I waited to listen to The Red Queen because I needed a respite from the heft of "Alice". But, I needn't have done so. It is not nearly as dark and disturbing, having more to do with Alice's magic and growth beyond the grisly old city and false new city. She is no longer merely reacting to things around her / things happening to her, she is now learning how to respond with using magic or not. All in all, a satisfying conclusion (if this is the last one in the series). Having said that, there is still some room for a third book...