- Love & Romance, Extraterrestrial beings, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction
Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. 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. In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Classical in form, grave, effortless and unpretentious.
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- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Marissa Meyer
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 510
- Publisher
- Macmillan Childrens Books, Lectorum Publications, Inc., Thorndike Press Large Print
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Russian, Polish, English
- ISBN
- 9788365568458
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Marissa Meyer is an American novelist. A large portion of her bibliography is centered on retellings of fairy tales. She is best known for her series The Lunar Chronicles, which includes her 2012 debut novel, Cinder.
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