A review by caroline_mclaughlin
Heartless by Marissa Meyer

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was nearly impossible to get into and through this book. However, I should mention I’ve never had a strong interest in the “Wonderland” universe, and this may have made the book less interesting to me. I found the world building to be odd and not well detailed, and the characters to be oddly one dimensional with strict interests like “baking” which felt overall pretty arbitrary. Though I like Meyer’s stories typically, and her romance always well done, I found this one fell short and dragged on, rather than adding anything interesting to the Alice in Wonderland story.