Heartless
Marissa Meyer, 2016
Fantasy Young adultRomanceContemporary fiction
The Queen of Hearts was once a girl in love with a court jester—and Wonderland doesn't let anyone keep a soft heart.
Feels like longing, passion and dread. About love, identity and madness.
A page from the book
The moment someone tells you you've changed, and they're right.
Mind my words, Cheshire, I will have you banished from this kingdom if you tempt me.“”An empty threat from an empty girl.“She rounded on him, teeth flashing. ”I am not empty. I am full to the brim with murder and revenge. I am overflowing and I do not think you wish for me to overflow on to you.“”There was a time“ – Cheshire yawned – ”when you overflowed with whimsy and icing sugar. I liked that Catherine better. Marissa Meyer.Marissa Meyer worked as a book editor before publishing Cinder, which began as a NaNoWriMo draft.
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Questions readers ask
- What is Heartless like?
- Feels like longing, passion and dread. About love, identity and madness.
- What should I read after Heartless?
- If you liked Heartless, try The One (Kiera Cass), Quicksilver (Callie Hart) and The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Carissa Broadbent).
A taste of the feed
What it sounds like when someone wants the ordinary days too.
I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingertips on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.
The One · Kiera Cass
What you call a woman decides how much room she is allowed.
Don’t call her Sunshine,” he commanded. “Why not?” If Carrion’s plan was to poke the bear, then he sure as hell knew how to go about it. But Kingfisher didn’t respond to the taunting note in his question. He just cocked his head a little, nostrils flaring, and spoke in a low rumble. “Because she is moonlight. The mist that shrouds the mountains. The bite of electricity in the air before a storm. The smoke that rolls across a battlefield before the killing starts. You have no idea what she is. What she could be. You should call her Majesty.
Quicksilver · Callie Hart
What fear turns into when you stop running from it.
And then I realized. I realized that fear, when embraced, hardens and sharpens. That it becomes rage. That it becomes power. I would not die here.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night · Carissa Broadbent
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