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From New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer, comes Heartless , a vision of Wonderland like none you've seen before, telling the untold story of the girl who would the notorious Queen of Hearts. 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. Review: Haven’t read it yet - But the quality is great. Review: Amazing book - Amazing book to read a very captivating plot and storyline line the character are lovely must recommend!


| Best Sellers Rank | #43,879 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7 in Fantasy for Young Adults #16 in Romance for Young Adults #32 in Fantasy for Children |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,430 Reviews |
F**I
Haven’t read it yet
But the quality is great.
M**A
Amazing book
Amazing book to read a very captivating plot and storyline line the character are lovely must recommend!
J**N
Worth reading
This book is amazing worth reading for. Jest and Cath deserve the world.
A**H
Love this
Just spot on, i received this book withought scrash or anything as any new book SHOULD be. Am so excited to read it
A**A
Good condition
Came really fast and in good condition. Cannot wait to start reading it.
P**A
Marissa Meyers Wunderland ist brilliant!
„It is a dangerous thing to unbelive something only because it frightens you.“ […] „But hoping," he said, „is how the impossible can be possible after all.“ Zum Cover: Absolut passend zur Geschichte und zur Atmosphäre in diesem Buch, gerade gegen Ende sind die Farben und Kontraste von Rot und Schwarz super gut gewählt. Generell harmonieren sie aber auch sehr gut zusammen. Auch die Krone über dem Titel „Heartless“, wobei das „t“ als Schwert getarnt ist, finde ich äußerst toll arrangiert. Insgesamt: Große Coverliebe! Zum Inhalt: Catherine mag eines der begehrtesten Mädchen im Wunderland und eine Favoritin des unverheirateten Herzkönigs sein, aber ihre Interessen liegen woanders. Als talentierte Bäckerin will sie nur eines, mit ihrer besten Freundin ein Geschäft eröffnen. Ihrer Mutter zufolge ist ein solches Ziel für eine junge Frau, die die nächste Königin sein könnte, undenkbar. Dann trifft Cath auf Jest, den gutaussehenden und mysteriösen Joker am Hof des Herzkönigs. Zum ersten Mal spürt sie die Anziehungskraft. Sie und Jest laufen Gefahr, den König zu beleidigen und ihre Eltern wütend zu machen, und gehen eine intensive, geheime Beziehung ein. Cath ist entschlossen, ihr eigenes Schicksal zu definieren und sich zu ihren Bedingungen zu verlieben. Aber in einem Land voller Magie, Wahnsinn und Monster hat das Schicksal andere Pläne. „Es ist gefährlich, etwas nicht zu glauben, nur weil es dich erschreckt.“ […] „Aber Hoffnung“, sagte er, „ist, wie das Unmögliche doch möglich sein kann.“ Meine Meinung: Marissa Meyer weiß, wie man Geschichten besonders macht. Mit einer außergewöhnlichen Protagonistin, die ein außergewöhnlich alttägliches, fast schon „normales“ Talent besitzt. Cath ist in diesem Fall die Tochter aus gutem Hause mit einem Traum, der, so findet ihre Mutter, unter ihrer Würde liegt. Sie will Bäckerin bzw. Konditorin werden, weil sie das backen von Kuchen und Desserts liebt. Und was habe ich in diesem Buch nicht manchmal Hunger auf Süßes bekommen! Nebenbei bemerkt, ist Jest, der Gegenpart zu Cath, ein ebenso toller Charakter, mit dem man sehr gerne seine Zeit verbringt. Da kann man wirklich verstehen, weshalb Cath sich so schwer tut, ihr Herz an einen anderen zu verschenken, wenn es da doch Jest gibt. Auch die Anspielungen an die Originalgeschichte von Alice im Wunderland, mit der weißen und roten Königin, der Grinsekatze, die absolut genial auch in diesem Buch ist, dem verrückten Hutmacher und seiner Teeparty mit seinem Nicht-Geburtstagsfeiertag und dem Jabberworky. Allesamt geben dieser Geschichte Sinn, aber dennoch gewinnt Caths Geschichte mit Eigenständigkeit, vor allem auch durch den super atmosphärischen wie flüssig lesbaren Schreibstil. Ich habe das Buch zwar auf Englisch genossen, weil es bisher noch nicht übersetzt wurde, doch finde ich, dass die Sprache, die Marissa Meyer für ihre Bücher wählt, nicht anstrengend ist. Sie ist zwar auch nicht unanspruchsvoll und ich würde empfehlen, dass man „Heartless“ nicht als sein erstes, englisches Buch liest, sondern erst einmal Erfahrung sammelt. Wenn man dies hat, ist „Heartless“ aber ein voller Genuss und ein Buch, das die Geschichte einer Anti-Heldin erzählt, die anders ausgeht als man es erwartet. Fazit: Ich liebe Marissa Meyer, ich liebe ihren Schreibstil und ich bin verrückt nach ihren Büchern. Vielleicht sehen das manche anders, aber für mich ist sie meine „Queen of Reader-Hearts“ . Sie schafft es einen mit vollkommen simplen, jedoch außergewöhnlichen Ideen zu überzeugen und dafür bewundere ich diese Frau. So haben mich ihre Welt und ihre Charaktere in „Heartless“ zu Hundertprozent oder auch zu 5 Sternen überzeugt.
V**E
Dirty cover
Came dirty but ok. I'm excited to read
C**N
perfetto
Ottimo prodotto, molto valido. Ottimo venditore.
R**H
Book Review: Heartless
Heartless is the story of a princess with very simple needs and a head full of simpler dreams. Heartless is the story of an ordinary girl who possesses an extraordinary power to bring back things from her dreams. Heartless is the story of a girl who only wanted to bake and to fall in love with her prince charming. Catherine is a young girl, who loves to bake and is very good at it. Her sweets are loved by all who have had the privilege to try them and the demand for her hand baked delights only seems to rise like a sweet dough left aside. All she wants is to open a bakery and live her dream. She has the full support of her maid and best friend, Mary Ann in this little venture and they both have decided to be business partners. All has been decided; Cath would do all the baking and Mary Ann would handle the accounts. But there’s a slight problem here. Cath’s mother would never approve of her only daughter going into the men’s world of business, especially with a humble servant like Mary Ann as her partner. And that’s not all. There is a bigger part of the story where she falls in love but her lover is not approved by her family as he is an ordinary court joker, Jest. Oh Jest! He isn’t as ordinary as he pretends to be. His entry into the king’s court brings a dark entity to the court. And all this happens on the same day when the king decides to propose Catherine to be his wife; on the same day when Cath’s prospect of opening a bakery in town was crushed by her parents; on the same day when Cath and Jest fall in love. I can rave about this book for as long as the person I am raving to doesn’t hit me with the same book and make me unconscious. Heartless was my second best read of 2017; the first place is undoubtedly taken by The Harry Potter series♥. Merissa Meyer managed to hold me right from the first sentence of the book and didn’t let me escape, till the last words were read. Her writing flows and you wouldn’t notice the pages go by so effortlessly. I didn’t know how I was reading so fast and yet grasping each and every emotion the book had to offer me. It made me smile, and at times, I even howled with laughter( my mother had to hit me to make it stop); it made me cry and I could feel my soul being crushed by what I was reading(but I tell you even that couldn’t make me stop reading this mind boggling book); it made me hopeful that magic was possible and it could be found anywhere, in anything. P_20171220_103939 P_20171220_104227 The plot is well written and well woven too i’d say as it takes some reference from the original Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol. I loved the characters and actually they were the best part of the book for me. The author worked very well with the character development of each of them, irrespective of how often they were to appear in the story. I had most fun reading the banters between Cath and Cheshire, the disappearing cat. Cheshire was one of the best characters for me, portraying all the traits we can imagine a magical cat could handle. She often made remarks like, ” It is a dangerous thing to UNBELIEVE something, only because it frightens you.” ” I would offer you one, but i don’t want to.” ” Fascinating isn’t it, how often heroic and foolish turn out to be one and the same.” These remarks are not even a justifying proof of Cheshire’s wit and sarcastic tongue. The relationships shown in this book have been nurtured like babies and treated delicately so that the reader feels like home when he reads about them. There is no instant love crap and the reason for why people are attached to each other are mentioned everywhere. Friendships in this book are to die for and very ideal i would say. Merissa Meyer builds relations like a pro and I don’t think anyone can replace or dominate over my feelings for her writing after this book; this absolutely amazing, delightfully gorgeous book. There’s so much more to it when you read it in the passage with all the other characters dancing around in your head, waiting for their part to be played. This book is going to be the one of my favourite books of all times. And I highly recommend you read it as soon as possible (what i mean is read it right NOW). This book had been on my shelf for months before I started reading it and I regret it so much that why hadn’t I read it before. It’s a flawless masterpiece. Here, I’ll leave you with some magical lines from the book. Enjoy guys. “Her eyes snapped open. A blush climbing up her neck. She’d been dreaming about the joker.AGAIN.” “I see nothing all the time” “To be alright implies an impossible phase. We hope for mostly right on the best of our days.” “To be alright implies an impossible phase. We hope for mostly right on the best of our days.” “Jest walked like falling snowflakes.” “Attraction is a subjective thing, but charisma is universal.” “Are you a doctor? No, I am a joker and that’s even better.” “She couldn’t stand the idea of crushing her friend’s dreams, not when she was still so new to dreaming.” “We’re desperate enough.” P_20171220_104419_HDR Hope you liked this review. Thanks for reading.
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came in a great condition. Can't wait to read it!
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