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

Stephanie Garber

Start date: May 1, 2025

Finish date: May 31, 2025

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Nov 28, 2025 { ° Olivia ° } rated it liked it

I feel like I had way too high expectations for this book and I just didn't get it. ...more

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May 19, 2025 Jasmine (Jazzie) [Jesus Loves You!!] rated it really liked it

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“Maybe the stories have it wrong and there's another true love waiting for you.”

~My Thoughts~

Can I see why so many people hype up OUABH? Yes.

Did I get hooked and stay up until 6:30 am to finish the book? I sure did, and I almost regret it because since then I haven’t been able to stop staying up late every night to either read or write…

But I don't like OUABH more than I did Caraval. I know it's an unpopular opinion, and it's not that the writing was bad, or the characters weren't good, or anyt ...more

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Oct 07, 2024 ♡ alison ♡ rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, book-bfs

4 stars 😚
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pre-read: ok yall i'm finally starting this!!! i swear if this series (mostly jacks) doesn't live up to the hype... 😡🔪 ...more

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Aug 17, 2024 Willow ✨ rated it liked it

Shelves: magic, favorite-ships, ya, romance, fantasy, 2024-reads

(3.5) My god, I need to stop reading books with cliffhangers like this. I cannot believe I stayed up until 2 in the morning for A HUGE FREAKING CLIFFHANGER.

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Anywayssss, like always Jacks carried the entire plot of this book. He is amazing, I love him, we're married. I heard really great things about this book before reading, and ofc I read the Caraval trilogy, but I'm gonna be honest, I was not my favorite. The story was focused so much on romance that there was little to no plot which was dis ...more

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Feb 03, 2025 Namida_Usagi rated it it was amazing

If you expect a book with crazy worldbuilding and super in depth characters you are probably going to be disappointed.
Once upon a broken heart reminds me of these old fairytales, which is why I enjoyed it so much. But I understand that this type of writing is not for everyone.

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Jun 02, 2025 rio ⋆🐾° { haitus ; ia } rated it it was amazing

my obsession w jacks is already unhealthy and evangaline may be like I don’t want to kill anyone which Is definitely not a bad thing but at times she can be a baddie. so yeah imma go read the next one 🤭💕

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