Heartless

I have finally finished this book. It took me forever to read, but that was only because I decided to start it right before finals week. After I actually had time to read it I was able to fully immerse myself in the story and the characters and fly through the last 2/3 of the book.

Marissa Meyer is the queen of retellings. The Lunar Chronicles is an amazing blend of classic fairytales woven in with sci-fi and original ideas. Heartless was exactly the same if only a little more imaginative. Heartless tells the story of the Queen of Hearts before she was Queen. Instead we get to see why she ended up the way she did and what lead her to make those choices. There were so many vibrant characters in this book and I loved all the imagery and dialogue.

I can safely say that I was pleasantly surprised with how Meyer was able to tie in the original story into her retelling. I felt like I really knew the characters and why things went the way they did, it did not seemed forced in any way.

For me my favorite characters were definitely Jest and Hatta. They were the classic characters of Wonderland and brought that whimsical, madness to the story.

Thanks to Fierce Reads and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for review