Once Upon A Broken Heart
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Romance
4.3
(5.0K)
Stephanie Garber
How far would you go for happily ever after?'An unputdownable fairy tale' Kerri Maniscalco, New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of the WickedFrom the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series, the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after. For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in happily ever after. Until she learns that the love of her life is about to marry another, and her dreams are shattered. Desperate to stop the wedding, and heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing. But after Evangeline's first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game - and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy . . .'A sugar-crusted, poison-spiked romp through a vibrant world of fairy tale intrigue, tangled romance, and forbidden magic' Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Hours 'Enchanting, intriguing, and delightfully whimsical' Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of the Cursebreaker Series 'Enchanting and mysterious' Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn'Stephanie Garber spins a spellbinding tale' Sabaa Tahir, author of New York Times bestseller Ember In the Ashes'A dazzling mix of mystery, romance, and magic' Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying 'A deadly, addictive, and utterly enchanting fairy tale. Loaded with magic and steamy slow-burning romance, I couldn't put it down' Mary E. Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of Vow of Thieves
Romance
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
High Fantasy
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Author
Stephanie Garber
Pages
416
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published Date
2021-09-30
ISBN
1529380952 9781529380958
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Love it!! I need book 2 immediately! This story was amazing, love the characters, such an easy read. I was flying through because I was so intrigued! There was so many pieces to puzzle through to make the big picture. Can I say that I fell in love with Jacks the first moment I met him?🤭. Great read! Highly recommend, especially if you like a school for good and evil, just because it gave off similar "vibes" in my opinion."
"I totally understand the hype after reading this book. All the characters were amazingly well written and I fell in love with them instantly. *spoiler maybe?* I’ve heard some rocky things happen with Apollo in the next book so I went ahead and ordered it right away! I am def going to recommend this book to other people!"
"⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Wow. I had really high hopes for this book. Based on the dozens of reviews & recommendations I’ve seen of it, I genuinely thought my hopes would be met. Sadly, this book was half boring/half “really? this is really where we’re going with this story?”.
First of all, the plot is a snore-fest. Literally nothing happens until (SPOILERish) Apollo is murdered, & suddenly everything is resolved in such a neat little way within the last 10% of the book. Evangeline is such a dull heroine, who is willfully ignorant and naive to red flags. Speaking of red flags, Jacks is the fately embodiment of one. I did not read Caraval and have no intention of doing so after this, but I did look up context online (before further context was given in OUABH) and he is unhinged in a ‘dark romance’ type of way that didn’t garner any sympathy from me. Not sure when we’re supposed to like him, but so far there’s a big fat “not ever” stamped on his forehead in my mind.
Second, the plot holes are innumerable. Literally everything with Apollo/Marisol could have been solved with a truth potion, which, to my knowledge, only has mild side effects that can be treated with Pepto Bismol. Low risk compared to love potions’ effects if you ask me, so what’s the downside? Oh right, lazy writing. I had some forgiveness for these twists and turns that were lacking because this is considered YA, but sheesh, we should be past these weakly developed stories.
I will say that I went in OUABH with caution, since Kerri Maniscalco mentioned Stephanie Garber in her KOTW series acknowledgements, and Maniscalco is on my “Do Not Ever Waste Your Time Again” list of authors. Sorry, but that just clued me in to being skeptical; I was ready to save Garber a seat on that list next to Maniscalco & Hannah Grace (shudder). While Garber is not nearly as terrible an author, this book left A LOT to be desired. I will, however, start Book 2 in the hopes that maybe the weak & watered down story ended in Book 1. "
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