When I did finally stop to ponder the themes that had risen up through the story of Heartless , in which I attempt to tell the origin story of Alice in Wonderland's Queen of Hearts, two themes became apparent: the relationship between love and loss, and the question of destiny.
But of course, you also want the story to resonate with readers on a deeper level, too, if at all possible, and that tends to be the work of the themes that are woven in between all that kissing and monster-slaying. My goal is to tell a story that will enthrall and entertain the reader first and foremost. Sometimes I don't stop to give serious consideration to the themes -the message, the moral, the underlying meaning- until I'm nearly done revising the work. Certainly it never comes into my thoughts in the first draft, and rarely even the second. From New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer, comes a vision of Wonderland like none you've seen before, telling the untold story of the girl who would the notorious Queen of Hearts.As a writer, I rarely stop to think about the themes in my books until well into the writing process. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.
Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. 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.
Long before she was the Queen of Hearts, Catherine Pinkerton was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.
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