A Crown So Cursed

"""The story is packed full of action from the very first chapter... A fitting finale for a soulful and satisfying series."" --Kirkus ""A breakout author."" --Entertainment Weekly ""With memorable characters and page-turning thrills, the Nightmare-Verse is the fantasy series I've been waiting for my whole life. Alice is Black Girl Magic personified."" --Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give Praise for A Dream So Dark ""The Alice I never knew I needed. The Alice I was missing. McKinney conjures a Wonderland for those of us who weren't given the looking glass. It is a feat of black girl magic!"" --Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles ""McKinney's follow-up to A Blade So Black proves she is a master of urban fantasy... Explosive from start to finish and guaranteed to send readers gleefully down a rabbit hole from which they'll emerge begging for a third installment."" --Booklist, starred review ""Complex intrigue... Rousing, nonstop twists help make this sophomore entry a success."" --Kirkus Reviews Praise for A Blade So Black ""Mixing elements of Alice in Wonderland and Buffy the Vampire Slayer... a delectable urban twist on beloved fantasy tales."" --Entertainment Weekly ""This really is Lewis Carroll by way of Buffy, and it makes for a fun, gritty urban fantasy."" --NPR ""I loved the 'our world' framing and the 'other world' adventure so deeply. They were at such odds, but the overall effect was just chefkiss.gif perfect."" --E.K. Johnston, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka and A Thousand Nights ""Wholly original and absolutely thrilling--A Blade So Black kicks so much (looking gl)ass."" --Heidi Heilig, author of The Girl From Everywhere ""A dark, thrilling fantasy-meets-contemporary story with a kickass heroine."" --Bustle ""Retold fairy tales have been a popular trend... but you've never read one quite like A Blade So Black."" --Nerdist ""A brash, refreshing, vitally diverse retelling of a classic... You need this book."" --Tor.com ""A Blade So Black is a novel that roars mightily in the face of all those Wonderland tales that have come before. L.L. McKinney is on her way to someplace special with this debut; get onboard now."" --Locus magazine ""This isn't a retelling, this is Alice in Wonderland 2.0."" --BlackSci-Fi.com ""An epic about Black Girl Magic."" --We Need Diverse Books blog ""An explosive, kickass debut... The Alice in Wonderland retelling the world has always needed."" --Booklist, starred review ""Relentless action, spiraling stakes, and a fierce heroine... A heartbreaking cliffhanger will leave fans clamoring for a sequel."" --Publishers Weekly ""A thrilling, timely novel that ensures readers will be curious for a sequel."" --Kirkus Reviews ""With a modern flair, a rich backstory, and just enough emotional heft, this particular looking glass will have readers eagerly falling through it."" --The Bulletin ""Teens will root for Alice as a strong, multidimensional black girl usually unseen in YA fiction... A must-purchase."" --School Library Journal ""A Blade So Black is a modernized version of a well-known story that retains enough of the original to be lauded by both fans of the classic and readers wholly new to Wonderland."" --Shelf Awareness"