Meyer’s worldbuilding is extensive and impressive.' -Publishers Weekly “The author’s best fantasy yet. Praise for Heartless: “In Heartless, the nonsense that is Wonderland gets a reverential makeover, full of heart and its own idiosyncratic character.” -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and After Alice “What Gregory Maguire did for the Wicked Witch, Meyer does for Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts, tracing her arc from a teen with dreams of owning a bakery into a murderous madwoman.” -People magazine “Will make readers grin like the Cheshire Cat.” -Common Sense Media 'Jest and Catherine have a playfully clandestine relationship. In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. Long before she was the terror of Wonderland-the infamous Queen of Hearts-she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. I would have also liked it a lot more if Cath and Jest hadn't fallen into instalove.From Marissa Meyer, the #1 New York Times–bestselling story of Wonderland's most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts.

Overall opinion: Like I said, if it hadn't have been for the Wonderland backdrop, I probably would have liked it a lot more. Ok, one more thing about the end: (view spoiler) Anyone know if this content is in any of the author's other books? Then we could have had an ending I liked.😊 AND I wouldn't have cringed every time some Wonderland-over the top-magic took place.Įnding? (view spoiler) Ĭhange one thing? The entire Wonderland backdrop. Least Favorite: Let's see, there were so many🤔: I guess Idonia and the king were my least favorites, but honestly there were so many I *really* did not like including (view spoiler).

(Once I realized he was entertainment and not the villain at that first ball.) I liked Mary Ann, too, but I know that could be controversial.

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