Name: Heartless
Rating: 4.11587552742616 (948 reviews)
ISBN: 9781410494375

Marissa Meyer

A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorLong before she was the terror of Wonderland ― the infamous Queen of Hearts ― she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. In her first stand-alone teen novel, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Lunar Chronicles series dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Heartless

Ann-Katrin

Sanne Duinker

Allyson Cuevas

emma adkins 

Long before she was the 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.From New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer, comes a vision of Wonderland like none you've seen before, telling the untold story of the girl who would the notorious Queen of Hearts.

I feel like I’m empty in the chest after reading this— oh.

It really was good. It was a little slow and I had a slight slump maybe because of that. I guess it’s written in a more classical way that I’m not very used to. However, it is written very well, and the plot feels real because there were no holes and everything connects in the end. Marissa Meyer is a geniuS.

I feel like I’m empty in the chest after reading this— oh.

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It really was good. It was a little slow and I had a slight slump maybe because of that. I guess it’s written in a more classical way that I’m not very used to. However, it is written very well, and the plot feels real because there were no holes and everything connects in the end. Marissa Meyer is a geniuS.

~ 3.7

Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for a woman who could be a queen. At a royal ball where Cath is expected to receive the King's marriage proposal, she meets handsome and mysterious Jest. 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 a secret courtship. Cath is determined to choose her own destiny. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.

Steph

I've heard lots of amazing things about this book, and IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT! I never thought a book about the Queen of Hearts would move me to tears, but here we are! I truly enjoyed Marissa Meyer's portrayal of the Queen of Hearts in this story. Her character was much more complex and nuanced than I expected. We see a girl who aspires to own her own bakery but ends up becoming the most evil queen in the realm. Watching her go from a bright-eyed girl falling in love, thinking she could escape her fate, to slowly descending into the infamous cold-hearted queen was painful. The author gave us reasons to root for her, to cheer her on as she embarked on this big quest to free herself from her destiny. And you know, the scariest thing in the world is having your hope crushed, and Marissa Meyer did just that. I need 30 business days to recover from this trauma.

emka

mari

This standalone is a Queen of Hearts origin story. Where the King of Hearts courts a lady named Catherine. But she doesn’t want to be Queen she just wants to open a bakery. She falls in love with the court joker but everything doesn’t go the way she hopes it does. Leaving her heartless.

Leah Diaz 

Alice in Wonderland meets Bridgerton. 

This standalone is a Queen of Hearts origin story. Where the King of Hearts courts a lady named Catherine. But she doesn’t want to be Queen she just wants to open a bakery. She falls in love with the court joker but everything doesn’t go the way she hopes it does. Leaving her heartless.

Absolutely perfect. The way Jest YEARNSSSSSSSS is just perfect he had me giggling and kicking my feet every time I read about him🤭. Catherine made me so mad at the end tho like she KNEW he was gonna die but she still went to save the girl? I get it tho she meant a lot to her but still wild.

Fausta Kaveckaitė

Haley

beautiful yet tragic backstory of the queen of hearts, made me cry

Taylor Grace

nany

stars: ★★★★★

I will miss cath and Jest

Linara K.S

Mid book. First half of the book hooked me, but then I slowly got into a slump with the filler nonsense.
The characters weren't interesting except for the Mad Hatter. 
The plot was...out there.
Every decision made by Cath was just plain dumb and could have easily been foxed if she'd used a hint of logic. And yeah... just a very mid book that almost gave me a reading slump.

Anna 

Ah, jak ráda jsem byla, když jsem se znovu objevila v mojí oblíbené Říši divů. Příběh nám poodkryje život Srdcové královny, ale ne takové, jakou známe. Srdcová královna byla dříve dívka, která toužila po tom mít sny. Byla to dívka, která měla srdce. 
Bez srdce se mi líbilo, ani nemůžu vyjádřit jak moc. Díky tomuto prequelu jsem pochopila Srdcovou královnu, a dokázala jsem jí odpustit. Já jakožto veliký milovník Alenky a všeho s ní nebo s Říší divů spojeného jsem si knížku moc užívala. 
Je to zkrátka nádherný, smutný příběh, který by si měl přečíst každý, kdo má rád Říši divů alespoň z poloviny tak moc jako já. 
✩
4*/5*, jednu hvězdičku ubírám kvůli nejasnostem v knize, protože samozřejmě, je to smyšlený příběh, a o Srdcové královně vypráví úplně jinak než ve filmech, počínaje jejím jménem a konče důvodem, ze kterého usedla na trůn.

Heartless starts off very whimsical with a tinge of melancholy in the background and gets dark very quickly at the end. (Expect lots of very lush descriptions of baked treats in this one!) 

My main gripe with this book is Jest and Catherine’s relationship. I found it to be a bit shallow and lacking depth which is a big problem given that the arc of this relationship is pivotal in Catherine’s transition into the Queen of Hearts. I did not believe their love story. 

I like the creative liberties that Marissa Meyer takes with her source material and the Easter eggs that are sprinkled throughout the book. I just wish there was a better buildup in Catherine’s emotional/mental transition and more depth to her character in general.  

Mel 

Heartless starts off very whimsical with a tinge of melancholy in the background and gets dark very quickly at the end. (Expect lots of very lush descriptions of baked treats in this one!) 

My main gripe with this book is Jest and Catherine’s relationship. I found it to be a bit shallow and lacking depth which is a big problem given that the arc of this relationship is pivotal in Catherine’s transition into the Queen of Hearts. I did not believe their love story. 

I like the creative liberties that Marissa Meyer takes with her source material and the Easter eggs that are sprinkled throughout the book. I just wish there was a better buildup in Catherine’s emotional/mental transition and more depth to her character in general.  

This was heartbreaking mostly because you know she isn’t going to have the bakery, or the life with Jest and Mary Ann. Just when all was hopeful in the book I reminded myself that this is her backstory and that with the way she turned out, I’m not surprised after reading this. 

Cathrine was loveable at the start, love of baking and as the blurb says, she fell in love for the first time with Jest. The author did amazing job of showing her descent into madness after Jest’s death. We also see that after her heart is taken, she quite obviously really changes. 

I loved this book, I read my sisters copy but I will be buying my own version to put on my bookshelf because this book really had my heart 💗 

Love you Jest you didn’t deserve that ❤️🕊️

Jafe

This was heartbreaking mostly because you know she isn’t going to have the bakery, or the life with Jest and Mary Ann. Just when all was hopeful in the book I reminded myself that this is her backstory and that with the way she turned out, I’m not surprised after reading this. 

Cathrine was loveable at the start, love of baking and as the blurb says, she fell in love for the first time with Jest. The author did amazing job of showing her descent into madness after Jest’s death. We also see that after her heart is taken, she quite obviously really changes. 

I loved this book, I read my sisters copy but I will be buying my own version to put on my bookshelf because this book really had my heart 💗 

Love you Jest you didn’t deserve that ❤️🕊️

What an unexpectedly addicting and magical read! Loved it

Sasha

Noha Zainal

Anjorin Molayo 

I’ll tell you who’s heartless, it’s Marissa Meyer!!!!

This book was so good and so sad at the same time. I LOVE reading villain origin stories and dare I say I’d be a villain too if this happened to me. 

Jillian Roberts

I’ll tell you who’s heartless, it’s Marissa Meyer!!!!

This book was so good and so sad at the same time. I LOVE reading villain origin stories and dare I say I’d be a villain too if this happened to me. 

Greer Andersson

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           4.5 ⭐️
God this book tore my heart out. If anyone is heartless, it’s me. Marissa Meyer’s writing in this book is just so whimsical and magical, it’s so easy to picture scenery and events happening in the book.
She wrote Cath’s descent into madness so well, and although I knew that this book ended in a way that left everyone sobbing their eyes out, I didn’t know how exactly. I don’t think I’ll ever recover.

Camille Osborn-Clark

Hanna Rybchynska

Mary Rose Gibson

Riley Bell

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           I really liked Cath off the bat and that she had a special hobby and was more than just another royal gossiper, though she was one. Most people seem to think she’s not worth much more but we see very much that she is through her personal thoughts related to trivial royal things and her defiant attitude against the Jabberwock, although the king doesn’t really see any of this. I only wish we knew more about WHY the king was so infatuated with her and why he didn’t even bother with other girls of the land of Hearts. At least one other girl had some interesting hobby that would amuse the king right? 

I did love how all the favorites of the traditional Wonderland were added in with unique twists. Others said they liked that there wasn’t too much time spent on describing the world we’re all pretty familiar with but I noticed some differences that just felt glossed over. For one, the two lands of the White and Red Queens (the Red Queen obviously is NOT the Queen or Hearts but HOW??) which is a different part of the Looking Glass and a different part of time, and apparently much MORE magical. Back in the land of Hearts, we hear a tidbit from somebody from ~Clubs~ (I don’t remember exactly) and I wish we knew a bit more of the dynamic of the royal lands between the 4 suits. Other than that there was just the perfect amount of magic and amusement and whimsy without doing too much since we’ve seen most of it already in other adaptations. 

We all know that it’s meant to end with the traditional, horrifying and violent Queen of Hearts and I was eager to find out how we were going to get there. The ending did feel a bit rushed but I think it still makes sense. Cath had all of her dreams coming true available at her fingertips but gone in an instant. Instead of dealing with the turmoil and loss she let it fester into hate and disgust. She allowed these emotions to overcome her fairly quickly which does show some type of weakness despite how strong her heart was supposed to be. But I guess that is the worst scenario for anybody that experiences loss and that’s just exactly what happened to our beloved Queen of Hearts. 

I certainly hoped for a happy ending anyway because the idea of being with Jest and having her bakery and ending a war was quite interesting and would have made a thrilling story by itself. But unfortunately that’s not what we were given in the best of ways. So if a happy ending is what you’re looking for you won’t get it here. If you’re looking for a read that will twist your heart with hope and despair fueled by magic in the wonderful world of Wonderland then this book is just for you!

ouch, no voy a ver mas alicia en el pais de las maravillas, tipo la reina de corazones de ahi esta necia y siento q me voy a olvidar de su backstory y solo ver lo malo de ella. Hest te amo y te odio peter. Cuervo te re banco. Y PORQUE MDA CATH TENIAS Q CRUZAR ESA PUERTA

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