Ok, so this may not be the best story in the world, but it was really cute and I laughed out loud repeatedly while reading this. It is not a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. This is later in Wonderland. Alice is all grown up and has spent her life with no one believing her stories of Wonderland, and her brother Henry blames her and her lies on their family falling apart. No longer able to handle his resentment, Alice drugs her brother and shoves him through the looking glass with the only instruction being find the Mad Hatter. The Mad Hatter is instructed by the Red Queen to find the "Boy Alice" and bring him to her so that she can chop off his head and if he doesn't then the Queen wants the Hatter's head instead. There is also a lot of chemistry between the Mad Hatter and Henry. It is very cute! ( )

Mad About the Hatter by Dakota Chase
YA LGBTQ retelling / addendum to Alice’s story where here her brother Henry visits Wonderland and falls for Mad Hatter. Enemies to friends troupe.
Henry never believed the stories that Alice told about Wonderland. First, they were just unbelievable. And second, she probably just wanted the attention. Nevertheless, he gets pulled in and must befriend Hatter to find his way out.

Cute and amusing with visits to different parts and characters from the original story that are true to type. Henry is good at being snarky and the Queen is good at being evil.
Whether you ever read Alice or not, this book is a trip to enjoy.

🎧 the Audiobook is narrated by Joel Froomkin who does a wonderful with character voices, emotions and even talking backwards. This is a narrator that I have to listen to at a slightly higher speed. Where my usual is 1.2, I listened to this at 1.4 or 1.5 to get to a comfortable talking speed. ( )