The forest breathed above her when she found almost
two dozen severed heads, including her father’s head upside down with his king’s
crown stuck in the ground. Winding tendrils of guilt, and the flickering
blackness of her suffering was invisible to the naked eye, twas a dark night
with dark thoughts. (Colleen Oakes)
Colleen Oakes, the author, of the “Queen of Hearts”
book trilogies weaves the details of the plot with a moksha style in her
writing prowess. Oakes completely changed Lewis Carrol’s, 1865 book, “Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland” to say the least.
Many Wonderlanders with power will stop at nothing to ensure princess Dinah does not assume control of Wonderland, while others are eager for Dinah to be the leader of Wonderland. The Yurkei’s with highly trained warriors are thrust into battle with Morte, the Black Devil and his cast of mortal warriors.
Dinah, and her lover Wardley are forced to journey south, to the Darklands, a place of untold horrors, where it’s kill or be killed.
The “Queen of ” trilogy of books are a
well-mixed cocktail of love and combat fought with ancient weaponry.
“The Queen of Hearts,” and “Blood of Wonderland,” are
the first two books in Oakes trilogy of fascinating fantasy. I have yet to read
the third book, “War of the Cards.” The first two books are three and a half
star reads in my view.
Mark Izzy Schurr
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