a cross between Cinderella, The Terminator, and Star Wars. A must-have title.-School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Marissa Meyers Lunar Chronicles series: #1 New York Times Bestselling Series USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller National IndieBestseller A mash-up of fairy tales and science fiction. If you only read one fractured fairy tale this year, make it Heartless. Review Quotes #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller! A Publishers Weekly Bestseller! 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 What Gregory Maguire did for the Wicked Witch, Meyer does for Lewis Carrolls Queen of Hearts, tracing her arc from a teen with dreams of owning a bakery into a murderous madwoman.-People magazine The authors 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.

In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author dazzles us with a prequel to Alices 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, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Book Synopsis The #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller that Gregory Maguire (Wicked and After Alice) calls full of heart. About the Book In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.

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