The Looking-Glass Illusion (The Curious Realities #2)

Step through the looking glass. Slay the Jabberwock. Seek the King.

Alice is not prepared to face what awaits beyond the Tulgey Wood. When she and the rest of Team Heart enter the fourth and final Wonderland Trial, it’s up to her to lead them to victory. But this Trial is more than a game. If Alice and the others fail to defeat the Jabberwock and reveal the truth about Wonderland, more than points and fame will be lost.

Chess Shire never believed he’d make it this far. Now he’s stuck navigating a Trial he’s seen but doesn’t remember, all while searching for the brother he left behind. Not everything is as black and white as the game that shares his name. And if Alice discovers his deepest regret? Chess might just lose her too.

Apart, Chess and Alice scour the eight squares of the Heart Trial in search of memories, truth, and an Ivory King who seems more illusion than reality. Will they learn to lead together to face their greatest fears? Or will they remain pawns in a queen’s game, never truly seeing the Wonderland they’ve come to believe in?

Hop into a spinning tea cup for a mad conclusion to this topsy-turvy adventure. While it’s filled to the brim with wholesome themes of family and forgiveness, there are also surprises behind every talking flower and secrets surrounding the deadly jabberwock. This epic finale is satisfying to the last drop!” — Jamie Foley, award-winning author of The Katrosi Revolution series

The Looking Glass Illusion is the perfect second half of this amazing duology. Sara Ella exquisitely combines the feel and tone of both the beloved Disney adaptation as well as Lewis Carroll’s original, and then she mixes it flawlessly with her own story and voice and world to create the perfect Wonderland! I highly, highly recommend!” — S.D. Grimm author of the Children of the Blood Moon trilogy and A Dragon By Any Other Name