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The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

Stephanie Garber

Start date: December 4, 2024

Finish date: January 1, 2025

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Aug 07, 2024 debs ༉‧₊˚. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ꕤ-young-adult, ꕤ-fantasy, ꕤ-lomls

⋆˚࿔ 5 stars 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
❝ he held her with the type of intensity that only happens when a person wants something that isn't quite theirs. ❞ ...more

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Jul 25, 2023 angelica ༅:*ﾟ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sobbed-my-eyes-out, favourites, owns-my-whole-heart

♾️ stars! “Jacks no longer felt like her enemy, he felt like her home.”

If anything were to bring me back from the dead, it would be this series. The experience of reading this book is purely something between ethereal and dreamy that no words from the dictionary could ever describe. I’m going insane just thinking about it right now, as if I was in a coma and woke up with my head hazy.

Everything this book has to offer is perfect, not a single flaw. The plot, the characters, down to the intri ♾️ stars! “Jacks no longer felt like her enemy, he felt like her home.”

If anything were to bring me back from the dead, it would be this series. The experience of reading this book is purely something between ethereal and dreamy that no words from the dictionary could ever describe. I’m going insane just thinking about it right now, as if I was in a coma and woke up with my head hazy.

Everything this book has to offer is perfect, not a single flaw. The plot, the characters, down to the intricate details. The idea that a fate could kill any girl with a kiss except his one true love is so magical and intriguing, almost like footsteps you can’t help but follow out of curiosity. Stephanie Garber’s writing just instantly pulls you in, she paints such a vivid image in your head using words that are mystical. Her writing has a nostalgic feel to it deeply rooted in magic and fantasy. As soon as I begun reading, I couldn’t bring myself to stop like there was some sort of magnetic force. I read the entire book in 14 hours, though I wish I took my time because I never wanted it to end. (You can probably tell how much this book impacted me because of the amount of times I used metaphors similar to the author’s writing haha)

Jacks and Evangeline are THE ultimate love story I dream of telling my children about. Their love is so powerful, it was radiating out the pages of the book. The fact that Jacks would literally do anything for Evangeline let alone risks his life in exchange for hers is just so heartwarming. He goes out of his way to say that his actions towards her are acts for his benefit only and not hers but we all know actions speak louder than words. He can say he doesn’t care or love her but his actions show the opposite either way. Their relationship is enemies to friends to lovers but the spark and sexual tension was always there since the very beginning, even when they’re bickering you can hear the love in their words.

Jacks is so complex but he is the key ingredient to the creation of such a fantastic story. Evangeline is too, she portrays the desire that many young girls feel for the longing of finding their one true love. In another words, girls who are hopeless romantics and read romance novels to maybe feel what it’s like to fall in love, knowing the real world might not ever give us the chance because nothing will ever compare to fictional men like Jacks. In honesty, this series focuses mainly on the topic of love and how love is such a powerful force that it could destroy or mend us. Accurate to in real life as love plays an important role to many of our lives, all the way to building relationships to how we make our decisions every day.

I swear I hadn’t meant to make my review hit so deep but I can’t help myself, I love this book too much ahh. I might be writing an essay at this point lmao. However, if you haven’t read this book, please stop what you’re doing and pick this book up, you won’t regret it. If it were down to me only recommending one book, I would choose this in a heartbeat. I seriously cannot wait for A Curse For True Love I need Eva and Jacks to get their happily ever after no matter how many infinite endings it takes !! ...more

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Mar 14, 2023 jana ☀︎ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: faves-all-stars-ed, made-me-feel-something, genre-fantasy, 2023-faves

i enjoyed this a thousand times more than once upon a broken heart. if you know me well, you’re quite aware with my obsession for mutual forbidden longing and angst. this ticked all my boxes—and how could it not with that “there is nothing of equal value to me” line?

evajacks has turned me feral (lovingly)

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Apr 27, 2024 ♡gema♡ rated it it was amazing

Apollo you mother- *deep breath*
Im just gunna go...stare at a wall or smth
🥲🥲

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Sep 24, 2022 Beatrix rated it it was amazing

There is nothing of equal value to me

This book is so agonizing! It's great ❤️
Garber's world continuous to amaze me. Its so magical and sparkly. A true fairytale landscape.

I stand by loving how much Eva grows. So much so I forget that she's only 17 in the books. This is probably my only complaint so far. Is that Garber's FMCs tend to be on the younger side. However, I guess it is YA.

Jacks is a very interesting character. You know what you're getting with him. He does not pretend to be something ...more

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Jun 25, 2024 harlie brown rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-i-recommend, young-adult

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Oct 06, 2024 oliwia (dorian havilliard’s version) rated it really liked it

4.75 ★

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Jun 02, 2023 Jana Noble rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

TODO ES DOLOR
SCREAMING, CRYING PERFECT STORMS
No hay saga que me genere más mariposas que ESTA. LOS AMO POR DIOS, NECESITO UN FINAL FELIZ

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Nov 02, 2023 caroline ౨ৎ FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 10-10-would-recomend, book-bfs, fantasy, romance, favorites, in-a-world-of-boys

i hate apollo!!! also why didn't evajacks happen lol👹!! HE LITERALLY WENT BACK IN TIME FOR HER SO SHE WOULDN'T DIE LIKE WHAT THEY SHOULD BE ENDGAME👿 (also jacks if you see this, this is my official marriage proposal😍) ...more

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