Catherine re-encounters Jest in the tea party but he acts as if he has never met her. Knowing that the King is fond of her creations, Catherine bakes him macaroons using the roses which magically appeared in her room after she dreams about Jest. After a few days, the King announces that he is hosting a tea party and they were invited. However, despite having witnessed the appearance of a dangerous beast, Catherine’s mother was more concerned about having Catherine regain the good graces of the King.Ĭatherine and her parents did not have to wait long for the opportunity to regain the good graces of the King. When she arrives home, she learns from her parents that a Jabberwock suddenly appeared in the ball and mauled two courtiers before disappearing. She convinces the Cheshire Cat to cause a commotion to prevent the king from announcing their proposal during the ball and she leaves the ball early with the help of Jest. Catherine is not attracted to the King and she is devastated when she learns about his feelings for her. They flirt and she cannot help but think that he shares an uncanny resemblance with the man in her dream.ĭuring the ball, The King of Hearts confesses to Catherine that he is interested in having her as his wife and he plans to declare this at the end of the ball. Handsome, talented, and witty, she finds herself drawn to him. In a royal ball, Catherine meets Jest who is the newly appointed Joker. However, her parents are unsupportive of her dreams because it was not fitting for her status. She is a very talented baker who dreams of opening a bakery with her friend, Mary Ann, and supply the Kingdom of Hearts with her delectable creations. Lady Catherine Pinkerton is the daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Rock Turtle Cove. Long before Alice fell down the rabbit hole and before the roses were painted red, The Queen of Hearts was just a girl who was in love for the first time. Fortunately, her agent recognized that this was an opportunity for a good story and managed to convince Marissa Meyer to write it.
When asked what inspired her to write Heartless Marissa Meyer stated that she once discussed with her agent that she wished Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, had also written the origin story of the Queen of Hearts. Before writing her first novel, Marissa Meyer was a book editor for five years and she also wrote fanfiction under the name of Alicia Blade. She is an American novelist who published her first book, Cinder, in 2012 and this became a New York Times bestseller.
Heartless is a book written by Marissa Meyer.
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