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War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts, Book 3)
War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts, Book 3) | Colleen Oakes
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Dorothy Must Die meets Alice in Wonderland. This is not a story of happily ever after its the heart-stopping conclusion in the twisted YA origin story of the infamous villain, the Queen of Hearts.
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AroundTheBookWorld
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When she looked at her daughter‘s face, Dinah could feel the love for her child snaking its way around the black fury inside her. The fury would always remain, alive and hungry. But for her daughter‘s sake, Dinah prayed that this time, love would be enough to quench the flame.

#WarOfTheCards #ColleenOakes #QueenOfHeartsSaga #lastline #closingline #book #books #Fantasy #Retellings #YoungAdult #Fiction #Romance #FairyTales #Audiobook #HighFantasy

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What a conclusion! As far as originally retellings go, this is honestly one of the best I've read. Book one was setting up the world and characterizations, book two provided so many revelations that book three had to pick them up, go into detail, and what a show Oakes gave!

So much went into all the books & what made her into the Queen of Hearts because this is not a happily ever after tale, but the beginning of her reign.

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Dinah chased a white rabbit, just beyond her reach. It turned and veered under rosebushes and vertically stacked tables piled with teacups. She turned a corner. It was gone.
#WarOfTheCards #ColleenOakes #QueenOfHeartsSaga #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookobsessed #bookobsession #bookoholic #bookoholics #bookperson #bookpeople #bookpassion #Fantasy #Retellings #YoungAdult #YoungAdultFantasy #FairyTales #Fiction #Romance #HighFantasy 💕💕💕

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MicrobeMom Yes!! ♥️♥️ 2y
dabbe But woe to anyone who makes the movie where I don't like how the character looks because it's not as I pictured it in my head! 🤣 2y
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VioletMoonBooks
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eri.reads
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Really enjoyed this series and narrator! These are books 2 & 3. The first is Queen of Hearts. An interesting and fab take on the queen of hearts from Alice In Wonderland. 🤗

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brittanythebookdragon
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I am fucking wrecked. Wardley! Bravo on you Colleen Oakes to fuck with my emotions so much.

KateReadsYA Oh I loved this trilogy. A favorite for sure. 3y
brittanythebookdragon @KateReadsYA my whole heart is shattered for Wardley. Like I can‘t even. I ugly cried. I cried at the end of the 2nd one for Dinah. I cried in this one for Wardley. Just completely wrecked me. 3y
KateReadsYA @brittanythebookdragon I know I know hahahaa it was wild she just let her anger control her 3y
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When she looked at her daughter‘s face, Dinah could feel the love for her child snaking its way around the black fury inside her. The fury would always remain, alive and hungry. But for her daughter‘s sake, Dinah prayed that this time, love would be enough to quench the flame.
#WarOfTheCards #ColleenOakes #QueenOfHeartsSaga #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookobsessed #bookobsession #bookoholic #Fantasy #YoungAdult #Retellings #FairyTales 🖤

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VioletMoonBooks
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This was an amazing read. Just when you think it‘s over, there‘s more to come in the story. It‘s full of so many surprises. It‘s the perfect ending for the series. I would definitely read the series again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#WarOfTheCards #ColleenOakes #QueenOfHeartsSaga #book #books #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #geeky #bookhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookhauler #bookholic #Fiction #YounggAdultFantasy #Romance 💜

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mollyrotondo I loved these books! 5y
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KellyHerself
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I read this entire book last night and finished the trilogy. Three stars for this book and I recommend the trilogy. These books read really quickly. Took me about 3 hours to read this one.

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SiriGuruDevSingh
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Day 4: Book with a heart on the cover❤️❣️

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Texreader
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#friyayintro @howjessreads
1. Tagged
2. White
3. Traveling on south Texas roads
4. Nope. Yep.
5. Thank you for the tags @Eggs @TheSpineView !!

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Texreader
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The final book in this trilogy was satisfying. It had a heartbreaking scene but it felt very much a necessary part of the story, revealing the fury that snakes through the queen‘s personality throughout the books. I admire the author‘s commitment to developing her characters in this YA series, when they could have been written more simply. Recommended even for adults.

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Texreader
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Enjoying reading in my quiet reading corner today. What do you plan to do today?

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Texreader
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I started this 3rd book in the trilogy about 1:30 this morning and I‘ve already read 75 pages. This trilogy is so darned good. I never would‘ve thought I‘d like it. It‘s the origin story of Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. I‘ve never wanted to read Alice, and still don‘t. But I‘ve sure been sucked into this one. All because I needed a #letterQ book for #litsyatoz and my daughter loaned me book 1. Just sayin‘, Oakes is a terrific writer.

Cathythoughts Isn‘t it brilliant when something like this happens 👍🏻😃 5y
Texreader @Cathythoughts Yes!! To love a book outside my genre, which I started grudgingly—it‘s crazy! The magic of books is real! 5y
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Texreader
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Day 3 of #7days7covers #covercrush

This is third book on the trilogy, just arrived from Amazon today! The backs of the books‘ covers are awesome!

@Avidreader25 I hope you‘ll play along posting your fave book covers, no explanation required!

Cinfhen ♥️ 5y
AvidReader25 Oh I love that one! 5y
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MommyOfTwo
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If I had to pic a favorite for this month I think it would have to be A Darker Shade of Magic.
#FebruaryFaves

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Great reads! 📖💖 6y
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MommyOfTwo
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Finishing tagged book and starting the other today. Also going to a birthday party for the daughter of @Jennick2004 What are you all up to today?

SexyCajun Freezing cold with plug in heaters but still managing to read!! 🥶📖 6y
MommyOfTwo @SexyCajun oh no! Is your heater not working? 6y
SexyCajun @MommyOfTwo yeah our heater went out last year and and been struggling with all these plug is. Have to be careful what plugs we plug them into So we don't blow a fuse 😆 6y
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MommyOfTwo
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I am in love with the back of this book! #Sweetheart

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your beautiful nails 💅 6y
Avanders Look at those nails! 👏🏽👏🏽 6y
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Coffee_house_booknook
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This one was my all time favorite in the entire trilogy! Highly recommend!

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jackilynn
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These books are so pretty & at last I have book 3. My Alice & Alice retelling obsessed heart is very happy right now. I feel a series binge coming soon.

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BookBelle84
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My book and mug match today.

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NeverendingTBR
War of the Cards | Colleen Oakes
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I have never known a series to get better by the end normally the first one is fantastic and then by the 3rd they are crap but this was fantastic (received from #NetGalley for an honest review)

From the start the pedal was down and it was just go go go all the way through, I couldn‘t put it down

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Odd_One
War of the Cards | Colleen Oakes
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Pumped!!! November 7th~~~ ♠️♥️♦️♣️

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LibrarianRyan
War of the Cards | Colleen Oakes
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The end comes in November. #coverlove #YAedition

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LibrarianRyan
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I'm beginning to wonder if there are a few too many Retellings of Wonderland. There has been quite a few lately. #coverlove #YAedition

GondorGirl I'm starting to get a little burnt out on retellings. There are some great ones out there, but now EVERYONE is doing them. 7y
LibrarianRyan @GondorGirl I agree. Or at least, if your going to do a retelling, pick an obscure one. I can name at least 6-7 Alice retelling without thinking hard. 7y
GondorGirl @LibrarianRyan Exactly! But for me, Mercedes Lackey started doing a series of retellings 10+ years ago, so this new fad keeps reminding me of my high school reading list. 😂 7y
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