Catherine has everything a girl in Wonderland could want—beauty, status, and the king's attention—but all she truly desires is to bake and build a life on her own terms with her best friend. When she meets Jest, the charming court joker, everything changes; their secret romance feels like the first real choice she's ever made. As their connection deepens, Catherine discovers that following your heart in a magical, chaotic world comes with dangerous consequences she never anticipated. This dazzling prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a swoon-worthy origin story about love, ambition, and the price of defiance.

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Ethereal yet melancholic indie-folk meets dark fairy tale aesthetics. Think haunting vocals, delicate acoustics, and shadowy orchestral swells. Capture forbidden longing, magical danger, and the ache of choosing love in a world that demands sacrifice. Artists like Florence + The Machine, Hozier, and The Oh Hellos.