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The Queen of Hearts
This is the story of The Queen of Hearts.
Step into the shoes of the most feared ruler of Wonderland as we discover how she came to be so mean - so cruel. So ruthless.
Learn her side of the story like never before.
Step into the shoes of the most feared ruler of Wonderland as we discover how she came to be so mean - so cruel. So ruthless.
Learn her side of the story like never before.
259 pages, ebook
Published December 23, 2021
About the author
Christina Casino
3 books3 followersChristina Casino is known for writing some twisted fiction novels.
In fact, they are so twisted that she likes to think of them as soft serve ice cream cones - a perfect blend of sprinkled sweetness accompanied by a sugar rush.
You may have recognized her as the author of the unforgettable suspense filled romance Unforeseen that tested your emotions and sent you on a whirlwind rollercoaster ride.
Christina enjoys delivering stories to her audience that throws them directly into the characters shoes, forcing them to see through the eyes of another - capturing journeys of love, loss, and strength.
Aside from reading and writing, Christina also enjoys watching various genres of film, specifically horror - which she has had an interest in ever since she was a child. In addition to that she likes dabbling in photography and going on hikes to new places in her free time.
For further updates throughout her journey please feel free to visit her website at www.christinacasino.com
From there you can read the latest blogs, sign up for her monthly newsletter, and check out her most recent phone photography images.
In fact, they are so twisted that she likes to think of them as soft serve ice cream cones - a perfect blend of sprinkled sweetness accompanied by a sugar rush.
You may have recognized her as the author of the unforgettable suspense filled romance Unforeseen that tested your emotions and sent you on a whirlwind rollercoaster ride.
Christina enjoys delivering stories to her audience that throws them directly into the characters shoes, forcing them to see through the eyes of another - capturing journeys of love, loss, and strength.
Aside from reading and writing, Christina also enjoys watching various genres of film, specifically horror - which she has had an interest in ever since she was a child. In addition to that she likes dabbling in photography and going on hikes to new places in her free time.
For further updates throughout her journey please feel free to visit her website at www.christinacasino.com
From there you can read the latest blogs, sign up for her monthly newsletter, and check out her most recent phone photography images.
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March 27, 2024
Forget Oliver Twist or Les Mises, this is a horror prequel to Carroll’s Wonderland
Oh my. I must say you have to take all the trigger warnings at the front seriously. It kind of helps that throughout the whole book you have no idea how old the FMC is or for half of the book what year is this.
Orphaned Kennedie is stuck in the cruelest of orphanages with the most vicious and despicable personnel and girls who get her in trouble. Things are dire from the get-go. When her friend is gone, everyone believes she was either adopted or escaped, but that’s not the case. Thankfully, Kennedie is adopted and gets a new name, only to be yanked back and into madness.
Half of the book is the most miserable part of Hugo’s Les Miserables and the other half echoes Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland - from the POV of the Queen of Hearts from about the part about the trial. The end had me wondering if it was the hallucination or a true HEA, because the author blends fantasy and the real world and keeps you guessing. There are horrid scenes upon horrid scenes, so do take the warning seriously. Otherwise, a pageturner and one of the darkest Wonderland retellings and genesis stories of the Red Queen that I’ve read. I am amazed and apoalled in eual measure - appalled at the heavy topics of the treatment of orphans in 1432 and amazed at the level of research and detail that the auhtor has out into this book. I wouldn’t call it wonderful, but definitely an emotional rollercoaster and thought-provoking.
Recommended for lovers of dark Wonderland retellings and it would help you if Oliver Twist and Les Mises elicited an urge to read more rather than less.
Oh my. I must say you have to take all the trigger warnings at the front seriously. It kind of helps that throughout the whole book you have no idea how old the FMC is or for half of the book what year is this.
Orphaned Kennedie is stuck in the cruelest of orphanages with the most vicious and despicable personnel and girls who get her in trouble. Things are dire from the get-go. When her friend is gone, everyone believes she was either adopted or escaped, but that’s not the case. Thankfully, Kennedie is adopted and gets a new name, only to be yanked back and into madness.
Half of the book is the most miserable part of Hugo’s Les Miserables and the other half echoes Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland - from the POV of the Queen of Hearts from about the part about the trial. The end had me wondering if it was the hallucination or a true HEA, because the author blends fantasy and the real world and keeps you guessing. There are horrid scenes upon horrid scenes, so do take the warning seriously. Otherwise, a pageturner and one of the darkest Wonderland retellings and genesis stories of the Red Queen that I’ve read. I am amazed and apoalled in eual measure - appalled at the heavy topics of the treatment of orphans in 1432 and amazed at the level of research and detail that the auhtor has out into this book. I wouldn’t call it wonderful, but definitely an emotional rollercoaster and thought-provoking.
Recommended for lovers of dark Wonderland retellings and it would help you if Oliver Twist and Les Mises elicited an urge to read more rather than less.
January 2, 2022
I found this book to be very creative and imaginative. It’s a very clever play on “Alice in Wonderland”. I might have thought this book wouldn’t be for me, but I really enjoyed it! I had read Christina’s first book, and I was amazed at how much her writing has evolved in this second book! She should have a great writing career!
January 20, 2022
Great descriptions of orphanage and mad world. Treatment of children believable at one time. Not my content very disturbing. Quick read. Read first book which I enjoyed. Authors writing evolving. She is in her way to a wonderful career
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