I dont know if I should give this book a 5 star or a 1 because it was soooo gooood but it killed me on the inside soooo bad. and I have read plenty of sad books for the matter but this was different. trust me after reading this book you will no longer hate the queen of hearts but your whole view of her will change. the author managed to bring jest to life, cause he stole my heart in that book, and I felt like I was catherine for the half of the story, I shared her happiness, her pain, her thoughts, her love, its like the joker threw some of his magic and bought me into life in the story. Cheshire always managed to make me laugh a bit, cath's mother made me wanted to slap her so hard each time she breathed, the king.... lets not talk abt him please! peter wanted me to have him 60 feet under the ground. then came jest. jest made my heart flutter every time he was mentioned. and although I knew how the book will end, I still filled my head and heart with false hopes, lied to myself, but it just made the pain worse. and now I just feel like I could go crying for days, my heart is being stabbed and stabbed all over again with the thought of what has happened to jest........*sighs* just be warned this book will make you feel so numb by the end, it will make u want to cry so much until you become the queen of hearts herself. the author stole my heart and gave it back to me broken in half, and she will do that to your heart too.