Are you ready to be amazed by a book that will stun you and leave you wanting more? Heather Lyons’ THE COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY is that book!! THE COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY is an Adult Romantic Fairy Tale, full of adventure and fantasy. This is Alice as you have never seen her before… It blew my mind and now I wish that there were volumes and volumes about the other characters and the many more adventures of Alice, Finn and the gang! Check out more about this book, Tina’s Thoughts, an excerpt, and a fabulous giveaway!
From the author of the Fate series and The Deep End of the Sea comes a fantastical romantic adventure that has Alice tumbling down the strangest rabbit hole yet.
After years in Wonderland, Alice has returned to England as an adult, desperate to reclaim sanity and control over her life. An enigmatic gentleman with an intriguing job offer too tempting to resist changes her plans for a calm existence, though. Soon, she’s whisked to New York and initiated into the Collectors’ Society, a secret organization whose members confirm that famous stories are anything but straightforward and that what she knows about the world is only a fraction of the truth.
It’s there she discovers villains are afoot—ones who want to shelve the lives of countless beings. Assigned to work with the mysterious and alluring Finn, Alice and the rest of the Collectors’ Society race against a doomsday clock in order to prevent further destruction . . . but will they make it before all their endings are erased?
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THE COLLECTOR’S SOCIETY is a fantastic story that will change how you read your favorite classic fairytales. It is a tale of fantasy at its finest, filled with adventure, mystery and romance. This book will forever be one of my favorite fairytale adaptions. It is smart, whimsical, and so well written. Heather Lyons has jumped into the category of guaranteed one click purchases with this story!
When this story begins, we find Alice from the beloved childhood stories of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in an asylum attempting to piece her life back together after returning from Wonderland to England. She is a reserved and introspective 25 year old woman who has seen and experienced things that most could never imagine. She is set to leave the asylum soon after 6 months of help and monitoring and try to pick the pieces of her life and begin again. Fate however has other plans and a mysterious man appears telling her that she alone can save Wonderland from a horrible fate. Alice embarks on a journey that will bring her to face with her past, causing her to stand firm in the present, and hope for a new future.
How do I even begin to describe this book that I have fallen in love with? It was so much more than I could have ever hoped for. Heather Lyons takes our favorite childhood stories and classic literature and breathes new life into them, allowing them to grow and adapt to our adult ideals and mentalities. It is such a needed breathe of fresh air in the genre of fantasy and I want more!
The premise of the story is so refreshing and wonderfully unique. The idea that out favorite stories come alive and live in an alternate reality is every book lovers dream. This story allows us to take things a step further and imagine what it would be like if our literary favorites interacted. The concept of each beloved story having a Timeline, a continued story and life, is such a smart and wonderful idea. The Collector’s Society sole purpose is to protect the beloved Timelines and retrieve the catalyst from each story, the item that must be protected at all costs in order for the Timeline to continue into the future. The chosen defenders of each catalyst brings a smile to the readers face! You cannot help but dive into this story and soak up every wonderful second!
The use of other literary characters to create the Society was fascinating. While reading the different scenes and interactions, I found myself trying to figure out what story each person was from and what role they played in the process of saving Timelines. Each character was written true to their original story but allowed to grow and develop into something so much more. Alice, Finn, Victor, Mary, Wendy, Mr. Van Bunt and so many more brought a new retelling of their famous tales into a fascinating light.
Alice was a perfectly written heroine. It was a captivating re-telling of her life, allowing us to reshape the Alice of our childhood and breathe new life into the adult character. She was strong and fearless, yet broken and nervous about what would happen in life. Her curiosity and thought processes allowed the reader to delve deeper into her tale. Alice was not my favorite childhood character growing up but after this book, I would have to re-read her stories and reconsider. She is a fighter and a woman who toes the line of reality and madness, forever living with the memory of Wonderland.
Finn was the perfect hero to this story. His quiet strength and motivation were so well portrayed. His partnership at the Society with Alice allowed the reader to delve into his personality, to understand his motivation and smile at the genuine thoughtfulness and kindness he constantly displayed. His knowledge of his heritage coupled with his new reality and life in New York takes the literary character of Huckleberry Finn to new heights. He is the perfect counterpart to Alice. Together they accomplish so much and create a lasting partnership that is necessary to save the different Timelines and specifically Wonderland. He allows Alice the anchor she needs to accept her fate and be strong in the face of chaos and confusion.
Romance, adventure, suspense and fantasy: this story has it all. It will leave you hungry for more! I hope this is the beginning of a fabulous series, one where our favorite literary friends are brought to life, fresh from the pages of our favorite books! If you enjoy fairytales and stories of time travel and adventure then you need to read this story. It will blow your mind! The premise of this tale is unique and will leave you smiling with the memories of your childhood and adventures of old.
“Do you find my ability to converse lacking, Doctor?”
He chuckles softly, no doubt remembering how I wasn’t chatty with anyone, himself included, for the first month of my stay. To be fair, it is difficult to carry on an invigorating discussion when one is shaking so hard from withdrawals they fear they might shatter into thousands of painful pieces before a single word can be uttered. Plus, there was the whole bit of how once I did open up, I raved liked a lunatic about things no normal person could imagine being true.
“Certainly not,” he says to me. “But as I must stay at the Pleasance and you must go forth into the world, it will do you good to practice on somebody new.”
“Then send in one of the orderlies. Or one of the nurses. I’ll happily chat with a staff member.”
One of his bushy, out-of-control eyebrows lifts high into his forehead.
“There are people out there who are quite content being solitary,” I point out. “Who do not need to converse with anybody but themselves and their dogs.”
He sets his pen down. “What about cats?”
Rigor mortis sets in ever so briefly at this question.
“You father said you were quite fond of cats growing up. There was one in particular that you favored. Dinah, was it not?”
“I’m—” I have to clear my throat. “Lately, I wonder if perhaps I’m more of a dog person after all.”
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Heather Lyons has always had a thing for words—She’s been writing stories since she was a kid. In addition to writing, she’s also been an archaeologist and a teacher. Heather is a rabid music fan, as evidenced by her (mostly) music-centric blog, and she’s married to an even larger music snob. They’re happily raising three kids who are mini music fiends who love to read and be read to.
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