If you liked Alice in Wonderland, you might just like Alice in Zombieland too, but it could be a little more scary with dead people walking around.

"Alice in Zombieland" written by Gena Showalter is the first book in her "White Rabbit Chronicles Series." It was published on Sept. 25 by Harlequin.

The 416-page novel is described:

She won't rest until she's sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.

Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that's all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.

Her father was right. The monsters are real.

To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn't careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies.

The paranormal teen romance got rave reviews:

Balancing graphic zombie fighting and complicated romantic relationships, Showalter (the Intertwined series) fleshes out this action-packed paranormal story with a giddy focus on the push-and-pull attraction between Ali and Cole and the nastier side of the high school social scene. The result is a zippy story with crossover appeal that highlights the power of guilt, faith, and self-confidence. Ages 14-up. Agent: Deidre Knight, the Knight Agency. - Publishers Weekly

Ali also navigates well-meaning if out-of-touch grandparents and the tension between her new social group and the rough crowd (more specifically, Ali's interested in its leader, Cole Holland). The obligatory love triangle never threatens the main love story, but at least Ali's friendships with other characters, especially her quirky new best friend Kat, are interesting. While using an Alice in Wonderland motif and established survival/horror video game staples (such as a gradually revealed journal written in code), Showalter creates an original zombie mythology and a completely new set of rules for the monsters to follow, as covered by the sometimes-clunky exposition. The climax is rushed, especially when compared to the pacing of the first act of the story, but action-packed. Showalter has created a promising playground for future story installments. - Kirkus Reviews

The book also got mixed reviews on GoodReads:

"Alice in Wonderland with zombies? Not so much. Creative zombie ghosts lore (... you heard me. Zombie. Ghosts) with great humor and charming characters? Definitely!"

"All in all, Alice in Zombieland is a fun, but rather unmemorable book that, I fear, was written merely to satisfy the market, and not in a creative outburst of any sort. A lot of adult authors are deciding to write YA these days because, let's be honest, that's where the money is, but some manage better than others, and Gena Showalter falls somewhere around the middle."

If you are looking for a remix of Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice in Wonderland," this is not what it is. But from the reviews, it seems like a fun read.

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