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""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 ""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 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

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 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 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

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L.L. McKinney is a writer, a poet, and an active member of the kidlit community. She's an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing, the co-founder of Juneteenth Book Fest, and the creator of the hashtags #PublishingPaidMe and #WhatWOCWritersHear. She's also a gamer girl and an adamant Hei Hei stan. She is the author of A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, and A Crown So Cursed.

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