The aromas of sweet citrus and buttery, flaky crust curled beneath her nose. Setting the towels aside, she picked through the curled, sugared lemon peels laid out on parchment and arranged them like rose blossoms on the tarts, settling each strip into the still-warm centre. The tarts trembled for a moment more before falling still, flawless and gleaming. She refused to take her eyes from the tarts as she padded across the kitchen floor until the tray’s edge landed on the baker’s table with a satisfying thump. The tarts’ sunshine filling quivered, as if glad to be freed from the stone chamber.Ĭath held the tray with the same reverence one might reserve for the King’s crown. She reached her towel-wrapped hands into the oven, ignoring the heat that enveloped her arms and pressed against her cheeks, and lifted the tray from the hearth. Recommended.THREE LUSCIOUS LEMON TARTS glistened up at Catherine.
This is a brilliant read and readers will wonder to what Meyer will turn her considerable talents next. And there are moments that will cause a lump in the throat and maybe even a tear or two. There’s magic and an abundance of echoes of the original Alice. There is plenty of humour which takes the form of witty dialogue, a good dose of irony, a generous helping of puns and lots of other word play, including clever rhymes. Meyer gives the reader an ingenious plot with a few twists and an exciting climax. And what a tale it is! This prequel has all the essential Alice elements: the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the March Hare, the King of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, the dreaded Jabberwock, as well as borrowing from other fiction and introducing brand new characters. And this is where Cath meets the man of her dreams (literally), but it’s not the King.Įvery good story needs a character to despise, but did you ever wonder how the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland got to be so imperious, so cranky, so very despicable? Marissa Meyer has given us her story. Determined that her daughter will draw the King’s attention, the Marchioness ensures that Cath is the only one dressed in red at the King’s Black and White Ball. But her ambitious mother has other ideas. Lady Catherine Pinkerton, daughter of the Marquess of Rock Turtle Cove, has one fervent desire: to open her own bakery in the Main Street of the Kingdom of Hearts. Heartless is the first stand-alone fantasy novel by American author, Marissa Meyer.
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