He likewise has a heart (drawn with kohl) 'dripping' on his cheek. He has black kohl drawn around his eyes, giving off the look of a mask. He also has lemon-yellow eyes, prominent dimples, tan skin, and a slender yet fit form.

He has black, wavy hair, often stuck to his forehead due to wearing his 3-pointed jester's hat all day. This leads Cath, Jest's love interest, to become heartless and the wicked Queen of Hearts. He is later beheaded by Sir Peter during a fight with Hatta, Cath, Raven and the Jabberwock. He is a Rook as he had the ability to travel faster than any carriage. He was on a mission to steal Cath's heart and give it to his queen in order to stop a timeless war between the two rival kingdoms of Chess. Jest comes from Chess, a kingdom across the Looking Glass, and works for the White Queen & King. Jest's first encounter with Cath was at the palace gardens during the black and white ball after she runs away from the ballroom. He was first introduced at the King's black and white ball, where he gave his first public performance as the King's new joker. “Prince Charming among the cyborgs.Rook of Chess former) Jest is a character in Marissa Meyer's Heartless, and the love interest of the main protagonist, Catherine. “Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairy tale genre.” - The Seattle Times #1 New York Times Bestselling Series, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller, National Indie Bestseller Praise for Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series: In Heartless, her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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. Long before she was the terror of Wonderland-the infamous Queen of Hearts-she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.Ĭatherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere.

From Marissa Meyer, the #1 New York Times–bestselling story of Wonderland's most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts.

Heartless de marissa meyer