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Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

Stephanie Garber

Start date: July 1, 2025

Finish date: July 31, 2025

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Nov 28, 2021 Amanda R rated it liked it

I really wanted to enjoy this more and I wonder if I hadn't loved the original Caraval trilogy so much, would I have?

Stephanie's writing is fun and vivid and beautiful, but I just didn't connect with this one like I did the first. I really enjoyed the beginning, the way the story was set up and I was eager to learn more about the Magnificent North. But I felt that we only skimmed the surface. While the pacing in Caraval was fast, every chapter painted a little more and the end result was a rich, ...more

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Feb 01, 2023 Cherie Colyer rated it it was amazing

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This was a happy find for me. I love fairytale retellings, and while this wasn’t quite the retelling I expected, I loved the fates and Jacks. I’m looking forword to seeing what happens next, BUT I haven’t read Caraval yet. I might just have to press pause on this series until I read Caraval.

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