Once Upon a Broken Heart (2021)
Once Upon a Broken Heart is a 2021 children's fiction book written by Stephanie Garber.
Evangeline Fox believes in true love right up until the boy she wants prepares to marry someone else. Stephanie Garber sends her to strike a bargain with Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, a beautiful immortal who trades favors for kisses given at times of his choosing. He agrees to help. He also wants something Evangeline cannot yet see. Set in the same glittering world as Caraval, this is a story of wishes that curdle, deals struck with the wrong people, and a heroine learning that happy endings arrive with a bill. Sweet, sly, and edged with dread.
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What is Once Upon a Broken Heart about?
Evangeline Fox believes in true love right up until the boy she wants prepares to marry someone else. Stephanie Garber sends her to strike a bargain with Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, a beautiful immortal who trades favors for kisses given at times of his choosing. He agrees to help. He also wants something Evangeline cannot yet see. Set in the same glittering world as Caraval, this is a story of wishes that curdle, deals struck with the wrong people, and a heroine learning that happy endings arrive with a bill. Sweet, sly, and edged with dread.
When was Once Upon a Broken Heart published?
Once Upon a Broken Heart was published in 2021.
Who made Once Upon a Broken Heart?
Once Upon a Broken Heart was written by Stephanie Garber.
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The draw is a bargain you know you shouldn't make. Labyrinth gives you the same dangerous, alluring immortal and a heroine who refuses to yield. Stardust matches the whimsical, perilous romance where fairy-tale rules bite. Pan's Labyrinth shares the darker fey magic, all beauty and menace beneath the enchantment.
Dark fairy tales where the bargain always costs more than it seems
Evangeline strikes her deal with Jacks believing she understands the terms, and these picks share that dread of a fairy tale bargain revealing its true price later. A girl navigating a cruel fae labyrinth, lovers chasing a fallen star into a fairy realm, a girl trading favors with a magnetic Goblin King, and fae courtiers bound by their own deals all learn every wish comes itemized.
Fae courts where love is dangerous currency
Jacks is beautiful, immortal, and clearly working an angle, and Evangeline's slow pull toward him mirrors these picks' fascination with love aimed at something that could easily destroy you. Fae princes, ruthless immortal kings, and witch hunters falling for their targets all trade safety for a love story that keeps one hand on a weapon.