I think the theme I have found in many of the books I have been drawn to recently is, ‘What makes us who we are?” And while we wish it was completely left up to our dreams and goals for ourselves, most of what makes us who were are or will become is determined by our surroundings and the experiences that happen to us in those surroundings. A look at the Queen of Hearts before she became queen, is a book that I thought would be pretty straight forward. She was evil to begin with and remained evil until the end. However, that is not the story that Marissa Meyer found when she began her journey into Wonderland. This look into the journey of becoming The Queen of Hearts is an adventure packed story that we all thought we already knew.
Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she 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.
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