
Heartbroken
Disney - RHCB · Hardcover · July 29, 2025
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • This darkly captivating novel reveals the madness behind one of Disney’s most dangerous villains: the Queen of Hearts.
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- Who it’s for
- A darker Wonderland reframes the Queen of Hearts through anger, inner darkness, and an unlikely friendship.
- Themes
- Anger and inner darkness, Unlikely friendship, Wonderland
- Genres
- Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens, YA Fantasy, Dark YA Fantasy
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • This darkly captivating novel reveals the madness behind one of Disney’s most dangerous villains: the Queen of Hearts. She missed the days of wonder. But those days were long past. All that remained was the anger. You may think you know the story of the Queen of Hearts, the bloodthirsty tyrant known for seeing red.
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Surely you’ve heard of the young girl Alice, who fell through the rabbit hole to a place called Wonderland, and how she defeated its villainous ruler in order to find her way back home. But have you ever wondered about the Queen’s own first day in Wonderland? Did she encounter the same wonders—and horrors—as Alice? Are the laws of the land her royal decree—or a desperate attempt to bring order to a place that refuses to make sense? And why is she so angry? It may be hard to answer, with any certainty, questions about a world created from the broken shards of others. In the end, it all comes down to a woman fighting against the darkness within, and her unlikely friendship with a little white rabbit.
Wonder Gone Wrong
A darker Wonderland reframes the Queen of Hearts through anger, inner darkness, and an unlikely friendship.
Come here for
- A familiar fairy tale seen from its feared ruler’s side
- Wonderland’s wonders, horrors, and refusal to make sense
Expect
- A darkly captivating look at the Queen’s first day in Wonderland
- A woman fighting her inner darkness, with a little white rabbit beside her
Where it sits
| Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens | 92% |
|---|---|
| Dark YA Fantasy | 62% |
| YA Fantasy | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens
- Myths & Legends for Teens
- Media Tie-In YA
- Authors
- Serena Valentino
- Publisher
- Disney - RHCB
- Published
- July 29, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Anger and inner darkness · Unlikely friendship · Wonderland
- Reading lane
- Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens