Reviews - Once Upon a Broken Heart

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Once Upon a Broken Heart

Stephanie Garber

3.98 AVERAGE

linneamb_02's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tamara_xx's review

4.75

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

the_herta's review against another edition

2.25

relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jennatandy28's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I HATE the ending, cliff hangers suck! Also, none of the characters were that likeable to me, even our protagonist. It was an interesting concept but no good character development. Maybe the characters get better in the other two books but I don’t care enough to read any more from this series.

michelle8731's review against another edition

5.0

As much as I enjoyed the Caraval trilogy, I liked this even better! There are characters that cross over from Caraval, but you could read this book without reading those. That being said, I think that Jacks' storyline is a lot more interesting with the background from the previous series.

Once Upon a Broken Heart builds upon the character of Jacks, and it begins during the same time period as Finale. Evangeline asks Jacks for help to save the boy she loves from getting married to her stepsister. When things don't go as expected, Evangeline is out of commission for six weeks, and we reach the time period after the end of Finale.

This book explores a new region, The Magnificent North, with Evangeline and Jacks. The Fates are in this story as well, and we get better acquainted with some of those previously mentioned as well as others. Evangeline is an appealing heroine who is bold and adventurous and believes in magic. She is a bit naive, but that begins to change over the course of the story.

I loved the setting and characters and the mystery that is beginning to unfold. I can't wait for the next book to arrive!