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Heartless

Marissa Meyer

Start date: December 22, 2016

Finish date: December 31, 2016

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Oct 19, 2016 Eveline rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, books-i-own-arc

First and foremost: I recommend you go out and buy (or bake) lemon tarts, before even opening the book. I can guarantee that just a few pages in, you will already be craving them, or any other type of pastries for that matter. There's actually a lot of mouthwatering food descriptions, so maybe not the best reading material when you're on a diet. ;)

I loved the world building in this. It's a strange and whimsical world, full of magical creatures, yet it also feels completely natural. The occasiona ...more

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Mar 23, 2017 Trisha rated it liked it

"Two Rooks, a Pawn, and a Queen. That's how the riddle begins, but howsoever shall it end?"

I'm conflicted on this one so I'm settling on 3 stars.

This one took me absolute AGES to read. I kept picking it up, only getting through a chapter and putting it back down. Which is surprising, because I love Alice in Wonderland retellings. But I think this one took a lot of liberties with the story and almost made it unrecognizable. And it definitely bogged down in the details.

But the last 100 pages or s ...more

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Apr 06, 2020 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I loved this so much, and I have no idea why I waited so long to read it. This is exactly my type of book, and is a new favorite. It immediately went on the top of my list of books to buy. It was so, so good.

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Feb 08, 2017 Gabriela rated it it was amazing

The origin story for the Queen of Hearts, a most imaginative tale of wonder and vengeance, the impossible becoming possible most of the time, Wonderland characters who evolve and doom each other doing things the reader himself would not believe possible.

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