Heartless
The bestselling epic fantasy fairytale retelling
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4.4 • 50 Ratings
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Perfect for fans of Wicked, from New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Marissa Meyer. Don't miss the bestselling romantasy hit Heartless, the origin story of Wonderland's most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts.
Readers love Heartless:
'Magnificent'
'Can't stop thinking about it'
'Full of wonder and delight'
Long before she was Lewis Carroll's tyrannical Queen of Hearts, Catherine Pinkerton was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.
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. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.
Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans . . .
A magical and epic retelling of the origins of an iconic literary villain, Heartless is a must-read for all fans of Alice in Wonderland.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Before she was the Queen of Hearts in Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she was Catherine, the spirited daughter of royalty, destined to wed the King of Hearts but determined to set up shop as a baker with her best friend and longtime maid. In this whimsical standalone tale, readers follow Catherine's simultaneous courtships with the jovial king and his court joker, Jest, whose earnest boyishness makes him far more charming than his royal boss. Caught between her own desires and her mother's stop-at-nothing goal to make her daughter queen, Catherine must decide how much she will risk for a future with Jest. Meyer's Wonderland is a fun and more refined version of Carroll's, and readers will enjoy the obvious parallels. Jest and Catherine have a playfully clandestine relationship, but it's a slow build-up to the inevitable clash between what Catherine wants and what reality demands. Meyer's worldbuilding is extensive and impressive, and the persistent threat of a destructive Jabberwock lends tension, but the story lacks the high-stakes danger that fans of the Lunar Chronicles have come to expect. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
It’s amazing!
I love this book it’s definitely in my top 3 favourite books.I really liked Cathrine and jest’s characters.I cried a lot while reading and I really hope you make another version but this time jest stays alive.
Loved it!
I loved this twist on Lewis Carol's 'Alice in wonderland'.
I have to admit that I cried several times and that at some points I wanted to slap Catherine's parents...
But could you maybe write an alternate ending? One where Jest doesn't die?