Young Adult Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations.

“Wonderfully addictive.” -Buzzfeed Product Details “Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairy tale genre.” - The Seattle Times “Prince Charming among the cyborgs.” - The Wall Street Journal a cross between Cinderella, The Terminator,and Star Wars.” - Entertainment Weekly “A mash-up of fairy tales and science fiction. Praise for Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series: A must-have title.- School Library Journal, starred review 'The author’s best fantasy yet.Meyer has woven all the elements of darkness and light, fate and free will, and love and hatred into an unforgettable story of the evolution of the Red Queen from a young girl who dreamed of true love and freedom to a madwoman best remembered for the phrase 'Off with his head.' If you only read one fractured fairy tale this year, make it Heartless.

“ 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 'In Heartless, the nonsense that is Wonderland gets a reverential makeover, full of heart and its own idiosyncratic character.'-Gregory Maguire, WICKED and AFTER ALICE In Heartless, her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author 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. Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.Ĭatherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. From Marissa Meyer, the #1 New York Times–bestselling story of Wonderland's most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts.

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