Stephanie Garber

How far would you go 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. . . .

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart #1)

I thought if you came here with me, you might find your confidence again and possibly a fresh start. Nocte Neverending isn’t just a ball, it’s a chance at stepping into a fairytale, at changing the course of your life and finding opportunities that some people search their whole lives for.

Once Upon a Broken Heart marks the launch of a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after from Stephanie Garber, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval 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...

Once Upon a Broken Heart

THERE ARE OTHER REASONS TO DO THINGS THAN A MAN smh

Stas

You don't fancy him? So why did you warn me about him?

why the hesitation, pet, it's only kisses

Lea Labat 

And then... Evangeline felt something that was not heartbreak or regret.

Julia <3

Prince Apollo: Ive done much more than that, Mr. Knightlinger. (With a proud smile, the prince unbuttoned half his shirt and spread it apart to reveal a vibrant tattoo of a pair of swords curved to form a heart that contained one name: Evangeline.) 

Angelica brown

“Stop flashing your fangs. I'm the only one who gets to bite her."

A drop ofblood fell from the corner of his mouth, and something godforsaken washed over his expres- sion. "Hurt is what made me."

Heroes don't get happy endings. They give them to other people. Is that what you really want?"

Katherine

"He just said sexy scars," Jacks drawled. "Are you really listening to this?"

Once Upon A Broken Heart

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"I need you to undo whatever you've done to Prince Apollo."

"What's the matter?" Slice. "Has he hurt you?" 

"You're overwhelmed." Apollo's finger found her chin and tilted her face towards his. "I'm sorry, my heart."

She didn't care if he'd meant it or not, Jack had acted as if her appearance that night was a surprise and all of this was unplanned, yet he'd known she was coming for weeks. 

"I'd rather not discuss this with you, and I think they're calling everyone for dinner —" 

"Oh no, Little Fox. We have unfinished business." Jackd dropped his apple and took her neck, cupping her pulse with his cold palm. 

"Jacks—" Evangeline gasped. "What are you doing?" 

Salma

“Do you want to kiss me, Little Fox?”

“I don’t need to be locked up. I can control myself.”

“Then why do you keep telling me to run?”

“Stop flashing your fangs. I’m the only one who gets to bite her.”

“Is that how a royal guard treats his next queen?”

Once upon a broken heart

Sina

In another part of Wolf Hall, a door that had not been opened for centuries began to stir. Its hinges creaked. Its wood groaned. And the wolf’s head emblem carved upon its center curved its mouth into a smile.

Jacks had said there hadn’t been magic in her kisses, but what if there had been magic in his blood? The first two times she’d tasted Jacks’s blood, it had been sweet. But on the day of her wedding, right before she’d kissed Apollo, Jacks’s blood had been bitter.

Aimee :)

Jacks was not her friend, but he'd taught her that she could open any door she wanted, and Evangeline knew exactly which door she needed to open next.

And Evangeline knew exactly what Jacks would want in exchange for his help. Jacks wanted her willing blood to open the Valory Arch, and she would have bet anything this was how he planned to get it.

Did she want him , or just the happily ever after she’d thought that he could give her?

Jacks was not a thing to idly touch. He wasn't even a thing she liked. Although, as soon as she had the thought, she knew it wasn't true. Not anymore. Evangeline wasn't ready to say they were friends, but after last night, she no longer felt as if they were enemies.

Curses aren't really my bit anyway I just have the toxic tears and the excessive engagements.

"And you have a friend as well," Evangeline said. "As long as you don't mind that I'm a fugitive who has a habit of making terrible deals with Jacks."

envee

just 400 pages of the protagonist pink-hairing her way through an (lazily) underdeveloped world

paola !

3.75 ⭐️ this book is a complete mess, but I liked it !!!

Hannah Bauer

Miss Garber you’ve charmed me

I have to admit I was less into this book at the beginning than I was with the Caraval series, but after about 45% it had me absolutely hooked. I really like Evangeline as the MC, she is for the chronically unlucky in love girlies 😔✊🏼 I also really enjoyed the even more fantastical setting of the Magnificent North. Everything that is good about the Caraval series is improved on here, particularly the reveals and twists that Garber so obviously loves. Cant wait to finish the series!

Sarah

à savoir que j'ai aimé que 2 trucs dans la saga caraval : l'univers et jacks, le prince de coeur.

Ouabh est pour moi un bon compromis des deux. Je trouve que les enjeux sont mieux construits et s'enchaînent mieux dans la narration. Je ne me suis pas ennuyé, et il y a peu de moment où c'est calme. Puis Jacks est toujours si incroyable

je l'ai dévoré en 2 jours et je suis hypé de lire la suite, gage de qualité pour moi

thrilling and addictive. i loved the writing. 

Since I fell down the Stephanie Garber rabbit hole, I rushed to read this right after I finished the Caraval trilogy. Overall, I love the new atmosphere from the Magnificent North as a setting, and I find our new main character to be quite charming, but I did not enjoy several aspects of the book, leading me to rate it as a 3-star. 

First, I didn't really enjoy how this book was written as a trilogy being set in stone, that is to say, this book can't stand on its own. The reason why I'm already starting with the second book is that this one felt so incomplete and lacking. The ending doesn't satisfy me at all, and I'm left with a lot of questions. Since this is Stephanie Garber's second series and she's already a well-known author, she has the privilege of doing this to her book, but in comparison to Caraval, I thought that she did a better job in witholding information and potential for the next book while also making Caraval be able to stand on its own. The characters also don't seem to be as fleshed out as I would have wanted them to be. 

Next, I read this book as a visual format (I read the Caraval trilogy as an audiobook), and it only occurred to me now that the writing feels very 'telling' rather than 'showing'. There are long paragraphs that just explain things that readers could have concluded on their own, so it gets a bit overwhelming to go through chunks of those paragraphs. 

Despite my issues with the book, I still very much enjoyed reading it. I think that Evangeline has a lot of potential as the main character, and I can't wait to see how the next book plays out because I'm hoping that she gets fleshed out more. 

Mirror

Since I fell down the Stephanie Garber rabbit hole, I rushed to read this right after I finished the Caraval trilogy. Overall, I love the new atmosphere from the Magnificent North as a setting, and I find our new main character to be quite charming, but I did not enjoy several aspects of the book, leading me to rate it as a 3-star. 

First, I didn't really enjoy how this book was written as a trilogy being set in stone, that is to say, this book can't stand on its own. The reason why I'm already starting with the second book is that this one felt so incomplete and lacking. The ending doesn't satisfy me at all, and I'm left with a lot of questions. Since this is Stephanie Garber's second series and she's already a well-known author, she has the privilege of doing this to her book, but in comparison to Caraval, I thought that she did a better job in witholding information and potential for the next book while also making Caraval be able to stand on its own. The characters also don't seem to be as fleshed out as I would have wanted them to be. 

Next, I read this book as a visual format (I read the Caraval trilogy as an audiobook), and it only occurred to me now that the writing feels very 'telling' rather than 'showing'. There are long paragraphs that just explain things that readers could have concluded on their own, so it gets a bit overwhelming to go through chunks of those paragraphs. 

Despite my issues with the book, I still very much enjoyed reading it. I think that Evangeline has a lot of potential as the main character, and I can't wait to see how the next book plays out because I'm hoping that she gets fleshed out more. 

It’s such a unique concept and maybe I’m a bit biased cuz i already love Jacks from Caraval.

Evangeline is one of the most beloved fmcs to me. She shows that you can be strong and soft at the same time i love her so much my baby. 

The book’s concept is unique and it feels like a fairytale. It’s light entertaining and fun. An easy 4 star.

Arwa Magdi

LOVE THIS BOOK.

It’s such a unique concept and maybe I’m a bit biased cuz i already love Jacks from Caraval.

Evangeline is one of the most beloved fmcs to me. She shows that you can be strong and soft at the same time i love her so much my baby. 

The book’s concept is unique and it feels like a fairytale. It’s light entertaining and fun. An easy 4 star.

abby .˚｡⋆ ༊ .˚｡⋆

Selin Igten

oh wow

reread 1:
HEHEHEHEHEHE HEUENEONWOSKQOSKW

aleksandra

3/5

This was my first book from this author and I did not know what to expect, but I have to admit that despite the fact that it is YA and I'm rarely reaching for this book category, I liked it. The writing is so beautiful and I love that the book has a map at the beginning, which always makes it easier for me to understand the world of the book. 

I'm not gonna lie, I mostly read this book for my broken boy Jacks because how can you not like him, I’m literally obsessed with this man. I love his character and his "I dont care about anything" attitude. I did not know that he also appears in another trilogy of this author, but I will probably reach for it becuse of him. Evangeline, well.. she wont be in my top 10 heroines from books, but she has some moments. The author certainly knows how to write the tension between the characters, because that was one of the reasons why I read this book. I can't wait for Jacks and Eve moments in the next two books. 


  
    "But as hopeful as Evangeline was, she knew the Prince of Hearts wasn’t a savior. He was the one people needed saving from."
  


The plot was okay, I was a bit confused, because the world of this book is a bit complicated, I mean there are fairy tales, vampires, dragons, kingdoms, it was like a mix of everything from fantasy genre.

I COULD READ THIS BOOK OVER AND OVER!!! my heart was actually throbbing and could not put it down!! Amazing.

Sofie I

Julia

I found this book so enjoyable. The writing style felt like I was reading a fairytale from when I was younger. Ouabh displayed beautiful writing and amazing characters. I have also enjoyed the plot twists and the cliffhanger—which makes me want the second book even more. I find that Jacks and Evangeline shared a cute connection and had moments that included a lot of tension. This book is amazing and I bet the rest of the series will be just as good, or even better.

you cant write a book this bad and then end it on a cliffhanger be so fr

AHHHHH, THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE BOOK NOW? I’m so excited to finish the whole series, because aghhh it kept me amused the whole time. The plot twists kept me on my toes and it was fun trying to puzzle stuff out.

Razen Ouled Khlaf

Michaela Hudson

Feels like reading fanfics on acid. Fun overalls

Kaitlyn

This book literally changed my brain chemistry. It was so good. Twirling my hair, kicking my feet, giggling to myself. I keep telling my friends to read this series so I can have someone to scream with me.

akynn 

4.5 stars

at this point i might be in love with jacks

Make a wish . . .'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 . . .'Enchanting, intriguing, and delightfully whimsical' Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of the Cursebreaker Series'Enchanting and mysterious' Renee Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn'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 'Stephanie Garber spins a spellbinding tale' Sabaa Tahir, author of New York Times bestseller Ember In the Ashes

mirin

The fascination of love and the lengths one may go to obtain their own fantasized version of ‘true love’ was so well-written into the character of Evangeline Fox that I couldn’t help my own heart from cracking right along with hers at sorrowed points in this tale. Coupled with fairy tales come to live and the ever-enchanting Prince of Hearts, a ‘hate-to-love-him’ antihero, Jacks and his Little Fox have had me bewitched since their first interaction and I cannot wait to see how their story unfolds. 

Cassie Burke

This book made complete sense until the last 40 pages. The conclusions that the character jumped to made zero sense and now I am confused. Hopefully things get cleared up in book two

Lauren Dale

The fmc was annoying and a little dumb but she was like that only with mmc. But then again she is a teenager and she is too smart for her age so I guess we can overlook it. And the book itself was addictive. It started out like a fairytale, though it didn't end like one. It's sad that it ended in a cliffhanger and we didn't get to see much chemistry between the two lead characters, so I'm hoping we'll get to see them together in the second book.

riry

i absolutely love it but maybe it was still the first book so it probably just setting up the whole realm and fully understanding on the world that it was a bit confusing but the ending got me sitting at the edge of my seat i truly need to jump on the next series immediately 💝

tiesyu

chloe rae

i should really work on myself cause it’s unacceptable that it always takes me this long to read the best books out there (according to my taste in books at least)

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart #1)

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