Many, many moons ago I read the first two books in this series and LOVED them. Then, this final book came out and I bought it immediately but... I didn't want the series to end. I stared at this book for seven long years and I finally gave in. I needed to read this incredible Alice in Wonderland take and I needed to finish this series - A.G. Howard is just so good, how could I not let myself finish this series?

While it was kind of hard not remembering everything that happened in the last two books (seven years is a LONG time...), this book was magical and everything I had hoped it would be... and more! I adored this book and sincerely need to keep diving back into fun, YA adaptions of classics. Especially more by A.G. Howard.

Alyssa is going mad, and she's embracing it. How can you not when you are determined to save your Mom, Dad, Mad Hatter friend who seems to be madly in love with you, and your best friend/kind of ex-boyfriend who you kind of got in massive trouble? It's a lot to put on a teen, but Alyssa is tough. Throw in the wicked Queen Red, a closed of rabbit hole, mutated creatures, and a whole lot of "wrong" going on, and you've got one incredible adventure in this finale.

This book is FUN. That's what I really liked out of it. It's a magical and fun book that also added in a dash of romance. I liked the ending - it made me smile. I do wish I had gone back and read the first two books to be able to give a fully honest review, but this one I let myself read for enjoyment rather than for criticism. I'm sure there's lots of odds and ends that stick out in this book, but for pure enjoyment level? Super high for me! I had a great time escaping into this book.

Overall - it's a lovely YA book if you want to escape into Wonderland (all of the weird and delightful worlds of Wonderland).

Four out of five stars. ( )

This is the last book in the Splintered trilogy. I read it immediately after finishing the second book and thought the action would pick right back up. It did not. This one was a very slow start and I had problems getting myself to open this one. Once Morpheus and Jeb returned to the storyline, the plot got more action-packed and story-driven but it still kind of seemed to drag on in places (I did finish the last 100 or so pages in one day, so it got much better towards the end). How A.G. Howard comes up with all of these things is beyond me, so kudos to the writing and imagination there. The storylines and subplots were tied up nicely at the end, I don't think there were any loose ends left over. There was more character development and backstory given on some of the characters, there was growth for some too.

All in all, a decent read. It's not my favorite one of the series but ties everything up nicely in a way that I didn't see coming. If you've read the other two, you definitely want to finish the trilogy. I've never really been one for the Alice in Wonderland story but this kind of punk, weird retelling was interesting. ( )

Oh My God. It's 3:15 in the morning and I can't wrap my brain around everything that just happened. THE FEELS ARE EEAL RIGHT NOW. My poor fangirl heart stopped at least five times while reading Ensnared. Also, that ending! I had a feeling AG Howard was going to pull a Cassandra Clare, like in the Infernal Devices trilogy on me. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. ( )

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Finales. Es tan triste despedirse de los personajes que amas, tan triste saber que cabe la posibilidad que no obtengan su final feliz. Te preocupas por ellos como si fueran gente de verdad... o en mi caso, más que por la gente de carne y hueso (si hacen algo malo, le puedes echar la culpa la escritora :v). Esta trilogía la empecé a leer cuando ya tenía el blog y la terminó aún teniendo el blog. Tres años ya casi. Juntos... No quiero despedirme de mis chicos D:

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No sé si fue cosa mía o Allie ya era así en los libros anteriores pero estoy tan enamorada de Morpheo que me importó bien poco la muchacha pero... ¡Qué pesada estuvo al inicio! Siendo la persona fría y sin corazón que soy, para mí no es tan difícil tomar ciertas decisiones por lo que los triángulos amorosos son lo peor para mí pero tiendo a seguir leyendo porque quiero saber si mi personaje favorito tendría su final feliz. Sólo que esta vez de verdad quería que A.G. Howard matará a Allie, que Morfeo lo sufriera y luego lo superará y final feliz para él. Pero los lectores no tenemos el poder de cambiar la mente de una autora.

Jeb y Allie son perfectos el uno para el otro, emos y llorones como no hay otros. Me la pasé gritando en todo el libro: ¡Morfeo me tienes a mí, deja a esa emo con el otro emo y seamos felices! Me gusta el drama pero no los dramáticos, una cachetada para esos dos no hubiera estado mal. Y para Morfeo también para que entre en razón.

Le puse un cuatro de cinco porque sentí que no avanzó mucho, no digo que sea un libro aburrido, todo lo contrario, lo leí rapidísimo (considerando mi última escasez de tiempo), narrativamente es muy atractivo, es solo que se quedaron en un lugar para luego pasar al otro y tratar de solucionar el problema. Creo que el hecho que la escritora nos haya hecho pasear por varios escenarios en sus libros anteriores, deja a este muy por detrás.

¿Ofendida por el final?

Mucha gente está bastante molesta por como terminó, creo que el hecho de que algunas cosas hayan pasado en tan pocas páginas dejó fríos a muchos lectores. ¿Hubiera preferido un final diferente? Sí, no lo voy a negar, soy del tipo todo o nada. Es bastante agridulce esta conclusión, mucho más que cualquier otro que haya leído, y es más por la cantidad de hojas en las que se dedicó. La misma A.G. Howard dice no estar del todo contenta con el final, que ella hubiera querido uno diferente pero que los personaje son demasiado vividos para ella y ellos tomaron sus decisiones, ella solo es su interprete.

Es triste despedirse de ellos... bueno, es triste despedirme de Morfeo, como amo a este tipo, es la mejor cosa de la vida Y SÍ, ME GUSTA QUE SEA UN LOCO MANIPULADOR. Es divertido, tienes que pensar mucho. Mi amor es intelectual... Sí, quiero un montón al muchacho.

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This was a DNF. I tried. I tried again. I googled the plot and after reading about the ending, I tried to continue with that knowledge floating about in my thinkpan, but I just can't anymore. The world was wonderful and that first book was amazing, so it kind of bums me out that I had to give up like this. ( )