Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Heartless by Marissa Meyer- Read June 6th-9th

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"Perhaps we know each other in the future and you're only remembering backward."- Jest

This book was incredible and is one of my favorites so far of the year. I adored this book and it was hard for me to read it at times because I knew what was going to happen to Catherine the whole time. This is the origin story of the Queen of Hearts one of the memorable characters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Throughout the story, each of the denizens of Wonderland is shown and we learn how they ended up where they are and how they are in the novel. Catherine is the future Queen of Hearts who has the affection of the King of Hearts who deeply loves the young woman. Catherine does not want his love or to become queen, she wants to open up her own bakery. She is known throughout the kingdom for her wonderful treats. At the ball, that she is supposed to be proposed to at, she meets Jest, who she falls hard for. She and Jest secretly court each other because of her family and the king. Catherine wants nothing more than choosing her path but she has fate to fight with. She will be the future Queen of Hearts even if she does not want it. 

I knew how this book was going to turn out, though I hoped with everything in me that maybe Catherine would have a somewhat happy ending. This book was a beautiful take on her story and I could not get enough of her story. She was such a wonderful character throughout. Also, the other Wonderland characters were represented well throughout. It was really awesome to figure out some of the characters that were from the original story. I will not spoil what happens in this novel for those that have not read it but I will highly recommend this story. 

This is one of the best retellings I have ever read, though it's more of an origin story. I love how this was my first Marissa Meyer read and I will definitely be picking up The Lunar Chronicles sometime soon. She is a great author who wrote an amazing novel. I'm happy that she decided to write this novel and got the idea. Amazing! 

Gosh and now the white roses bring on a whole new meaning. Marissa Meyer has now changed my whole perspective of Wonderland and the Queen. Also the title Heartless sort of breaks my heart so darn much. I love this novel.