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Lake Park High School Summer Reading 2023: Heartless

Heartless

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This book might be for you if...

...you enjoyed The Looking Glass WarsDisney Twisted Tales, or A Blade So Black.
...you're a fan of fantasy romance and fairy tale retellings. 
...you enjoy stories with strong foreshadowing, big twists, and are flush with literary allusions (in this case, to Lewis Carroll's work). 

Consider listening to the audiobook for this one! The narrator does an excellent job of acting out distinct voices for each of the characters-the King is a favorite of ours! 

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Summary

Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—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.