Once Upon a Broken Heart
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4.3 • 1K Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART marks the launch of a new series from Stephanie Garber 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 true love and happy endings . . . until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.
Desperate to stop the wedding and to 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’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy.
Also by Stephanie Garber:
The Caraval Series
- Caraval
- Legendary
- Finale
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
First in a series spun off from her Caraval trilogy, Garber's dreamy fantasy follows 17-year-old Evangeline Fox, whose boyfriend, Luc Navarro, unexpectedly proposes to her stepsister, Marisol Tourmaline. Luc and Marisol are virtual strangers, and Luc won't explain, so Evangeline assumes her stepmother bewitched them both and strikes a deal with a cunning, immortal Fate known as Jacks and the Prince of Hearts, to stop the wedding; in exchange, Evangeline must later kiss three people of his choosing. Jacks halts the ceremony, but after his methods cause misery for everyone involved, Evangeline and Marisol journey from the Meridian Empire to the magical Magnificent North. Hoping for a fresh start, they'll attend festivities designed to find Prince Apollo a bride. Upon arriving, however, Evangeline encounters Jacks and realizes that their trip is somehow part of his plan. Evangeline, Marisol, and Jacks are cued white; several supporting characters have brown or olive skin. Despite some frothy plotting, Garber enchants readers with exquisitely imagined worldbuilding and her trademark heady romance. Evocative if occasionally overwrought prose adds to the tale's dreamlike feel. Ages 13–up.
Customer Reviews
Loved It! (Spoilers)
Sooo good! Evangeline is amazing! I just wish she and Jacks would get together ❤️. Overall amazing! The Jacks vampire scene made me giggle and the scene where he is sleeping and she feels his heart beating but just leaves maked me mentally scold her. If a Fate whose heart doesn’t beat unless he kisses his one true love and now his heart beats I would literally stay until he wakes up! Loved it so much
Meh
It was ok. It was also weird and the story line was not very good. It also mentions gay people which is not and never will be ok.
fantasy adventure / mystery
i was attracted to the title of the book so i took a chance to read it with small expectations. i didn’t think i was going to like it but it turned out to be a book of romance, mystery and enemies to friends/possible love interest tease to enemies again. i enjoyed reading it ! ( there is a lot of banter between the two main characters ) ;)