A review by amaruuk
Heartless by Marissa Meyer

adventurous emotional mysterious

5.0

everyone will tell you that alice in wonderland lives in my head rent free and i am a TYRANT when it comes to  prequels/sequels/retellings because they have to be perfect. and that’s what this was. i feel absolutely insane…you can tell this was such a passion project for marissa meyers because every little detail is thought out, every reference is layered and deserved. catherine’s character arc is so masterfully crafted and jest is so perfectly charming. and on top of it all, it’s beautifully written and so so tragic. the painted roses and the double entendre prophecy and Hatta’s pocketwatch. i simply cannot praise this book enough and i will be thinking about it until i die.