Once Upon A Broken Heart — My Frequented Sugar Rush
Once upon a time, there lived a girl, who fell in love with her hunter.
This is a story of a true love beating all odds, written by Stephanie Garber. She has released her story in parts of three as follows:
It’s an ultimate go-to, no-spice, beginner-friendly series, which gives you a sugar rush you know would be dangerous, but cannot stop yourself from wanting more.
The story happens on a not-so-ancient time, where there are castles and balls, concealed ancient magical archways and chain of events; that’s been orchestrated by a single-minded person, who unknowingly fulfills a long-forgotten prophecy.
It starts with Evangeline Fox making a dangerous bargain for love with Jacks, Prince of Hearts. Like any other romantasy, our person of interest makes this bargain with the least reliable person possible. A character, whom, any sane creature in her world setting would’ve avoided, at all cost.
Any bargain made with a Fate, an ancient immortal creature, however minuscule it might be, will always have unfathomable consequences through ways you will never imagine. Our Prince of Hearts, Jacks, happens to be a so-called ‘Fate’, who is particularly famed for his ruthlessness and fatal manipulations.
This marks as the starts our journey with Evangeline, who is hell-bent on fighting for her one true love.
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With so many dragons and Faes out in the wood, it’s nice to see magical creatures that doesn’t have transformative wings and shadow travel flings. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a Young Adult fiction with magical beasts. But the life-threatening trials are a breath of fresh air.
The writing makes you feel like you are traveling through a whimsical fairy tale. There’s no better way to put it, without spoiling it. With all the tales and bards within the story, you’ll actually feel like going back to when you were a kid, reading fairytale story for the first time during summer.
It’s simple, clean, with a pace that makes you turn pages.
The banter; the craving; the intensity and longing; just hits the spot. Who wouldn’t want a pair to be a forbidden couple with delicious tension. The forbidden fruit. Also, the side characters are adorable.
But I’ll confess, it was a bit hard for me to push through Book three, but it was totally worth it in the end. Stephanie does have that pattern when it comes to her trilogies. Her second books are her ‘Almost Endings’ and her third ones are the ‘True Ending’. The part where it’s the hardest and toughest to push through.
If you know, you’ll know…*whisper*Caraval*whisper*.
With all being said, this series suitable for a guilt-free binge reading, on a late October evening. Take it up if you’re in a mood to read something light, after devouring pages of thriller stories. Please note that, reading OUABH before or after Caraval is totally up to you readers. But my personal preference would be to read ‘Once Upon a Broken Heart’ series before ‘Caraval’, to get the most of it.
Finally, I envy you people for getting to read ‘Once Upon a Broken Heart’ the very first time.
Please, Little Fox, Remember.
