Heartless

I had high hopes for this because of how much I loved the Lunar Chronicles! I will say that I loved this...less. I like, but don't love, Alice in Wonderland so I suspect there were some references in here that went over my head, but also, these books had the opposite issue as the Lunar Chronicles for me–with those, I was like, “Ahh I know this is based on a fairy tale that has a happy ending but I just don't see how it's possibly going to get there!” But somehow those books were all really suspenseful to me! With this I was like “oh but...she ends up the queen, though...”

IDK there was a lot of hand-wringing basically. There were some unexpected twists in the ending that I appreciated, and I think fans of tragic love stories and/or Alice in Wonderland devotees will probably like this more than I did.

CW: a lot of food/body shaming from Cath (aka the future Queen of Hearts)'s mother...