Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart #1) by Stephanie Garber

Once Upon a Broken Heart

(Once Upon a Broken Heart #1)

by Stephanie Garber 

September 28, 2021

Goodreads Summary:

A new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.

Evangeline Fox was raised in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, where she grew up on legends about immortals, like the tragic Prince of Hearts. She knows his powers are mythic, his kiss is worth dying for, and that bargains with him rarely end well.

But when Evangeline learns that the love of her life is about to marry another, she becomes desperate enough to offer the Prince of Hearts whatever he wants in exchange for his help to stop the wedding. The prince only asks for three kisses. But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’s pledged. And he has plans for Evangeline that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy…

Review

If I could only pick one word to describe Once Upon a Broken Heart it would be whimsical. The story, the world and the characters were all extremely captivating. I could not get enough.

I devoured Once Upon a Broken Heart in no time. Stephanie Garber's writing is lovely. "There was something fantastically bewitching about the idea that a person's destiny could change in one single, wondrous night." (ARC, p. 137) Her words are so dreamy and enthralling~

Jacks, to no one's surprise, stole the show in Once Upon a Broken Heart. Our beloved Prince of Hearts from the Caraval series, was as mysterious and alluring as ever. With impossible-to-guess motives, he kept the story going. I'm more than a little curious to see what his end game is. Knowing Jacks, it's a deliciously nefarious one ;)

The exquisite tension between Evangeline and Jacks was to die for! These two kept us guessing. Even with some swoony romantic moments, it's hard to figure out what each feels for the other. Especially when it came to Jacks. He doesn't make it easy... I am cautiously hopeful he truly falls for Evangeline and have a happy ending with her.

Once Upon a Broken Heart was unputdownable. The moment I opened the book to its first page, I was all in. Naturally its last page has left me broken-hearted. I need the next book yesterday. Please?

*I received an advance reading copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and not affected in any way. Any quotes included in my review were taken from the ARC I received.