Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

 

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 . . .

I have been wanting to read this series for so long but they have been waiting on my shelves for me as I was advised to read the Caraval series first. I can see why people advise this because alongside our main character Evangeline in this book we also have a Fate named Jacks who is a character in the Caraval series which is where the Fates are a big part of the storyline so by reading that series first you have some background knowledge on the trickery the fates can play.

But one thing I can say after finishing the first book in this series, Once Upon a Broken Heart is I much preferred this one to the Caraval series of books. I think this is helped because Evangeline has an instantly likeable characteristics so you do have a care and interest in her well being and you don't want to see her wrongfully accused of wrongdoings. 

World building is certainly something this author does well in both series of her books she has such a wild imagination and then to have such a talented ability of bringing these creative worlds to life so vividly in the readers mind is remarkable. This is fantasy reading but with so much dark magic woven through what feels like a sweet storyline of a girl who just wants to find love.

This book was fast paced and eventful and I was whisked away in the storyline so much so I read the whole thing in a matter of hours BUT hello! That ending, I honestly thought there had been a misprint or someone had taken the last pages from my book!

So a word of warning do not buy this book without having the next one ready to go because you will instantly want to reach for book 2 in the series the minute you finish.

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