Heartless

That's how you write a villain origin story. The author gets wonderland, she gets the characters. All of them feel true to their original counterparts. Fans of Alice in wonderland appreciate the appearances or transformations of familiar characters (the hatter, hare, executioner, mock turtle, and more). You root for the romance but there comes a point where it's like watching a train wreck, you know it's not going to work out and there's no going back.