Once Upon a Broken Heart – Book Review
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I started listening to the audio book for Once Upon a Broken Heart upon the recommendation of a friend who was reading and loving it. I was a little hesitant at first because I had tried Caraval and just couldn’t get into it at the time, so I was afraid the same would happen with this one. But I’m glad I read it.
It reads very young but it’s a charming story in many ways. I admit I sometimes got tired of the main character’s naiveté which seemed excessive often, but the author managed to hook me and keep me interested for the whole story. I also was a little put off by the overly detailed descriptions of what everyone was wearing and furnishings but that’s something more to do with what I like to read and not so much anything against the book.
I do love Jax’ character and I’m so intrigued by him, I will most likely delve into the second in the series right away.
The book is a quick read but it does end in somewhat of a cliffhanger (more like things that are not yet solved and a new mystery of sorts), so be aware of that. But since the whole series is published that won’t be much of an issue.
All in all an entertaining story with a few surprises (I love being surprised in a story) and an interesting fairytale type world.
