Heartless

Name: Heartless
Price: 2.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (10607 reviews)
Author: Marissa Meyer

by Marissa Meyer

Romantasy Young Adult

4.5 (10,607)

4.5 stars from 10,607 reviews. One of the highest rated Romantasy books we track.

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Last checked: Jun 26, 2026

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Perfect for you if...

You love retellings that flip the script on classic villains and want to understand what made someone cruel.
You enjoy romantic stakes that feel genuinely dangerous, where love could destroy the person you're becoming.
You've read Meyer's Lunar Chronicles and want more of her lush, magical worldbuilding with darker emotional edges.

Maybe not for you if...

You want a straightforward Alice adaptation rather than a prequel focused entirely on one character's tragic origin.
You prefer fast-paced plots over slow-burn romance and character introspection.
You need a hopeful ending, since this is a villain origin story with heartbreak baked into its premise.

About this book

Heartless tells the origin story of the Queen of Hearts before she became Wonderland's most notorious villain. Catherine is a highly sought-after young woman and favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but she dreams of opening a bakery with her best friend rather than pursuing royal status. Her mother considers such ambitions unsuitable for a potential queen. When Catherine meets Jest, the court joker, she experiences genuine attraction for the first time. Despite the risk of angering both the king and her parents, she and Jest begin a secret, intense courtship. Catherine is resolved to choose her own path and love on her own terms. However, in a land filled with magic, madness, and monsters, fate intervenes with different plans. This stand-alone novel serves as a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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Currently on sale at $2.99 — 70% off peak. Price has dropped 5 times over the last 6 years. Goes on sale roughly every 519 days.

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Currently #3,108 in the Kindle store — a top-10K bestseller. Climbing the charts — 44% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.5★ from 10,607 reviews

Gaining approximately 84 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has remained stable at 4.5 over the tracking period.

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