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Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

24 reviews

shannonvonpesach's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book! I understand the hype so much more!

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abicaro17's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Evangaline and Jacks present a promising start to a trilogy. With twists and turns in the most unexpected of places, this fairytale of fairytales presents the question of who to trust and when? The best part of the story so far seems to be that Evangeline is immune to Jacks charms literally and can hold her own in a sticky situation. The part that prevents this from being 5 stars however is the fact that shes so desperate to be loved that shes vulnerable to manipulation and is easily won over by pretty much any man who gives her affection. This was annoying in the beginning with Luc and continued throughout the remainder of the book. Hopefully she is less susceptible to this in the following two books.

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nabaraditi's review

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I was into the book till 60% and wanted to give like 3stars but then I got bored and pretty much skimmed through the last 70% of the book. I soooooooo wanted to like this book. But around 60% it put me in a slump.
The premise was fun and interesting and fresh. But the things that I could guess very early on.
I think the reason why I'm not a fan of this book is because it was a bit childish for me. And there are stuff in the book that are like very stereotypical and I rolled by eyes at it.

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frankieclc's review against another edition

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3.5

nothing fancy, nothing new but entertaining, enjoyable and easy to read

(jacks is 5 stars)

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caprisun44444's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

If you have read the caraval series and loved it this book is especially in the behinning just amazing. The characters that show up and the storys you know from carval made me so excited.
Since i got to knew jacks in carval i really couldn’t stop thinking about him. Like how can a character be portrayed so briliant . I was switching from he’s extremely attractive to what a toxic mf how did we fall for him again. And thats whats so brilliant. Stephanie garber can manage to fully protray how it feels to have a manipilative/toxic person beside you. And i haven’t even read the second book (the ballad of never after) so i don’t know if he really is toxic or a good one after all. Never the less i really enjoyed reading this book and i’m m so excited to see how the story continues.

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