As I mentioned in my April wrap-up, I am doing a review of Heartless by Marissa Meyer. I adored this book, as I adore just about anything to do with Alice in Wonderland. I gave this book 5/5 stars.
Where should I start? I suppose I ought to start at the beginning; and stop when I come to the end.
Heartless follows Cath Pinkerton, a high society girl in the land of Hearts. It is an Alice in Wonderland re-telling, focused on the story of how the Queen of Hearts came to be. Cath is a passionate baker and her dream is to open a bakery with her best friend Mary Ann. Unfortunately for Cath, society does not support her dream and, unbeknownst to her, the King of Hearts has his heart set on marrying her.
Before the bumbling King can propose to her, however, Cath runs away and bumps quite literally into the new court jester, Jest. Without giving too much away, Cath and Jest fall in love but their union is not exactly blessed by the world in which they live.
I will stop the synopsis there, because I don't want to post lots of spoilers. I literally could not put this book down. I took it everywhere with me and read it obsessively. It's been a long time since I have been unable to put down a book, but this book had me totally hooked. It was funny, beautifully written and heartbreaking. I laughed out loud, took pictures of funny quotes to share with friends; and after I was finished reading I found myself with a huge book hangover.
I actually stopped reading when I had fifty pages to go, because I wasn't ready for the story to be over. I held the book to my chest and had serious anxiety about it ending. The very last line of the book, OH MY GOSH. No, I'm not going to tell you what it was, you will have to look and find out for yourself.
On that note, I highly recommend this book to absolutely everybody. Everybody should read this book, especially if you are obsessed with Wonderland like I am.
★★★★★
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