The evil lies little girls are told… of a land forever cast in a dark and deadly ice age, seeking only power and control now that Wonderland had become a frozen ball of ice.
In this frigid and cold hole, I was alone.
Until HE found me.
White Rabbit.
Rabbit was the leader of the Wonderland army, and I was now his captive. Forced to learn the art of submission, as well as the art of war, I became his soldier. From the moment I was captured, I became a mighty warrior amongst a cast of mad men.
But I was HIS.
And Rabbit would do whatever it took to battle my demons as we battled the enemy.
Hidden in the broken, and shattered Wonderland hid a new truth… a happily ever after. It was now my duty to find it.
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Alice is a Penna. Penna women have two options. Fight, or breed. Alice chose to fight. After years in battle she’d had enough and left her people putting her in direct contact with the Cyans, the Penna’s enemy.
Rabbit White is one of the leaders of the Cyans and the one to find Alice as she wanders the tundra. Good for her. He sees something in her that the others don’t and orders for her to join them.
Their connection is strong from the start, and something Alice doesn’t quite understand as the Penna were brought up to have feelings for no one, and not believe in love. Some things can’t be denied though and this is one of them.
In this frozen dystopia land, it’s two people from opposite sides that are perhaps destined to find love, and bring in a new future.
Given the number of wars being fought around the world this seems a very timely book. It is a romance between two people who belong to the two warring nations one of whom, a woman, realizes that her nation the Penna have lost their way and defects to the Cyan where she meets the love of her life Rabbit White. There is a double happy ending and a very compelling message from Alta Hensley about the futility of war.
In the bleak, cold wasteland of Wonderland, Alice left behind everything she knew in search of something different. She stumbled upon a new colony led by a fierce commander, Rabbit White, who isn’t afraid to punish Alice when needed, but also willing to teach Alice how to love. Things she never learned living among her own people, but certainly something she needed.
The Penna people, where Alice was born and raised, do not display emotions, so she knows nothing of love or even sadness. She is a mercenary who only knows of killing and death. When Rabbit offers her more beyond the bleak life she knows Alice is torn. She wants what Rabbit is offering, but only at the willingness that she submit to him. How can anything good come of submission, but on the other hand how can she go back to the nothingness she knew before?
The Truth About Alice is full of wonderment. A world torn between extremes and people willing to tear each other apart because of their differences.
With light BDSM and loaded with lots of fight scenes The Truth About Alice is located in a vastly different landscape than Cinder’s book with a vastly unique feel. This is a complete standalone in the Evil Lies series.
Let me start with that this story was “Dark Feathers” before Alta rewrote it with the alice in wonderland theme. So if you’ve read the previous telling there will be some changes but the story is along the same lines.
I have not read the previous telling so this story was new to me. I enjoyed the fast paced action of the battles and the two unlikely people from opposing sides coming together, in love, to stop a never ending war that no one even knows why they are still fighting. There was some spankings from Rabbit given to Alice when she didnt follow his commands. This book is in the light grey area. So not necessarily dark. The only thing I wish I got was more on Wonderland and why it became a vast ice age. Other than that I enjoyed the read for what it was, a moment to step into a world someone else has created.
I recieved an ARC in exchange for my honest review.