Whilst you don’t have to have read the Caraval series to enjoy OUABH, having some prior knowledge of Jacks, the Fates and what happened with the Dragna sisters, Scarlett and Donatella, does provide some backstory for the world in which Evangeline exists. And, above all, never fall in love with a Fate.” Do not make bargains with more than one Fate. If Jacks is involved – it’s her very life too.Īlways promise less than you can give, for Fates always take more. Because it’s not just her heart or dreams on the line now. True to devious form, Jacks has ulterior motives that threaten to take more from Evangeline than she originally pledged.

Summoned to the Magnificent North, where the revered Crown Prince Apollo will choose a bride during the Nocte Neverending Festivities, Evangeline becomes embroiled in a dangerous game with the Prince of Hearts, which offers her a future of either great happiness or the greatest tragedy.

Almost immediately, Evangeline realises that she should never have bargained with a Fate – least of all one as devilish and tricksy as Jacks. Desperate to stop the wedding, Evangeline seeks out Jacks, the charismatic and wicked Prince of Hearts, who offers a deal that’s too tempting to resist. But with her beloved parents gone and the love of her life about to marry her stepsister, it’s not just Evangeline’s heart that’s shattered – but her dreams and everything she’s ever believed in too. OUABH centres on Evangeline Fox, who, having grown up in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, was raised to believe in magic and happily ever after.

If anything, this fairytale-esque book is even more enchanting than the trilogy that came before.

But that delightful feeling of escapism, magic, romance and charm still swirls through every single page. Set in the same world as Caraval but centred on a different protagonist, Once Upon A Broken Heart is a slight step away from the story readers originally fell in love with. Having read and adored all three books in Stephanie Garber’s Caraval trilogy, there’s one thing I know without doubt that readers can always expect from the author, and that’s pure escapism in the truest sense of the word.

Once upon broken heart