《红心皇后》好评：
"对古老经典童话的全新改变，精彩有趣。" - 柯克斯书评
“科林•欧克斯笔下的奇境让人读来仿若是一个初次诞生的地方。如果你喜欢阅读格里高利•马奎尔的《邪恶之人》，那么这本《红心皇后》绝对会让你爱不释手。” –SheKnows.com
"欧克斯在这本书中建造了一个属于她自己的世界。只不过，她的奇境更加黑暗、更加凶残，但却也更显真实。" - 《永远的青年》
“在这个故事中，以往那些我们所熟知的经典童话角色都被赋予了某些黑暗和邪恶的特质，会令你读来不由得想了解更多。科林•欧克斯为我们建造了一个与我们所熟悉的世界平行的宇宙，更加期待这部书籍的尽早问世啦！” – Girls’ Life magazine
“在《红心皇后》一书中，科林•欧克斯为《爱丽斯漫游仙境》里的红心皇后创造出了另一个充满幻想及黑暗的背后故事。” – Popsugar
“极力推荐烘烤一些美味的水果馅饼，然后坐下仔细品读《红心皇后》一书，即使我预先提醒你，当你读完本书后，你一定会一边磨牙一边迫切的想要知道后续的发展。。。。。。I ” – xoJane.com
“这部文笔优雅的系列作品生动地呈现了来自于刘易斯•卡洛儿的《爱丽丝漫游仙境》中的红心皇后的背后故事，一定会吸引科幻迷们以及年轻的成人读者。” – 艾米丽•吉贝尔，作家，著有《小夜曲》 Serenade（《小夜曲》）
“如果你是弗兰克•贝德的作品” The Looking Glass Wars”的忠实粉丝，那么科林•欧克斯对于奇境的这一黑暗解读一定会令他们更加沉迷不已，这部全新作品挑战了原先《爱丽丝梦游仙境》粉丝们的一切认知，并将带领读者们踏上一场红心皇后的成长历程：从青春期到失心疯。” – 凯莱基•罗伯特，著有BOP 和 Tiger Beat
"黛娜是一名倔强并且情绪丰富的公主，但她却同样要与一系列我们常人也需要面对的现实生活中的问题作斗争----焦虑、困惑、嫉妒、愤怒，以及随着年龄增长而日渐加重的责任的重担，并且愈加沉重到她感到逐渐难以负担。事实上，我之所以对这名复杂的年轻女性如此兴致盎然，并且迫不及待的想要阅读后面的故事，是因为我对这名有着惊人天赋的作家的才华充满了兴趣，这是对她的考验。” – 杰西卡•西卡姆，作家，著有The Revealed
Praise for Queen of Hearts:
"A wonderfully entertaining twist on an old classic." - Kirkus Reviews
“Colleen Oakes has written Wonderland like it’s never been written before. If you loved Gregory Maguire’s Wicked, you won’t be able to put down Queen of Hearts.” –SheKnows.com
"Oakes has created her own world here. Her Wonderland is darker, more cutthroat and somehow more real." - Forever Young Adult
“This tale puts a dark and evil spin on some familiar classic characters that will leave you wanting more. Colleen Oakes creates a parallel universe to a world we already know and makes us wish we had this book sooner!” – Girls’ Life magazine
“Colleen Oakes creates a fantastic, dark backstory for the Queen of Hearts from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in her novel Queen of Hearts.” – Popsugar
“I highly recommend baking some celebratory tarts and settling down with Queen of Hearts, though I warn you that when you finish it, you’re going to be gnashing your teeth to find out what happens next...” – xoJane.com
“This beautifully written series presents the captivating backstory of the Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s beloved Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and is sure to intrigue both fantasy fans and young adult readers alike.” – Emily Kiebel, author of Serenade
“Fans of Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars will lose themselves in Colleen Oakes’s dark vision of Wonderland, which challenges everything Alice fans thought it was and takes readers on the Queen of Hearts’ journey from adolescence to off with their heads” – Kayleigh Roberts, BOP and Tiger Beat
Have wonderful news for the QUEEN OF HEARTS series – I sold the 3 books to HarperCollins who are going to republish them with a splash! The publication schedule is as follows:
- Book 1 hardcover: Summer 2016; Book 2 in hardcover and Book 1 in paperback: Winter 2017; Book 3 in hardcover and Book 2 in paperback: Fall 2017; Book 3 in paperback: Summer 2018