She is a Hufflepuff who finds joy in the simplicity of sipping a lavender white mocha and singing Disney tunes in the car.

When she’s not writing, Sara might be found behind her camera lens or planning her next adventure in the great wide somewhere. Now she spends her days homeschooling her three Jedi in training, braving the Arizona summers, and reminding her superhero husband that it’s almost Christmas (even if it’s only January). Once upon a time, Sara Ella dreamed she would marry a prince and live in a castle. I received a complimentary copy of this book, but this in no way influenced my review. So if you enjoy take-offs of fairy tales, you should check out this book for yourself. I enjoyed seeing how this dystopian novel unfolded. Vanishing people, a dangerous annual game, and more fill the pages of this book. Having never read the original book Alice in Wonderland, I found myself unable to put this book down. Click here to get your copy!Īs a retelling of the story of Alice in Wonderland, I found The Wonderland Trials to be an interesting book.The combination of characters and world-building drew me into the story. Will she and her team solve the clues and find the missing players? Or will betrayal and distrust win, leaving Alice alone in a world of her own? Follow the White Rabbit into this topsy-turvy fantasy where players become prey, a sip of the wrong tea might as well be poison, and a queen’s ways do not always lead one where they ought to go. The stakes are raised when she discovers players go missing during the Trials each year. Now she has less than twenty-four hours to find her way into Wonderland where nothing is impossible. Soon, Alice receives a rather cryptic invitation to play for Team Heart in this year’s annual-and often deadly-Wonderland Trials. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous Wonder Gene-the key to unlocking the curious Wonderland Reality. Survive the Trials.Īll Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago.

The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella