This series is set in the same world as the author’s other series – the ‘Caraval‘ series. It even includes some of the previous characters! Like ‘Caraval‘, this series contains three books; ‘Once Upon a Broken Heart‘; ‘The Ballad of Never After‘; and ‘A Curse For True Love‘.

A Brief Summary of book 1
Raised in her beloved Father’s curiosity shop, Evangeline Fox grew up on legends of the immortals. Such as the tragic Prince of Hearts, whose powers are mythic, kisses worth dying for, and bargains rarely end well.
When Evangeline learns that the love of her live is about to marry another, she becomes desperate enough to offer the Prince of Hearts anything he wants in exchange for is help stopping the wedding. He asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.
But, after her first promised kiss, Evangeline learns that the Prince of Hearts wants far more than she pledged. He has plans for Evangeline that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy. . .

To describe these books and why they were amazing reads, would be to spoil their events for a potential reader. So, I will leave the descriptions simple and spoiler free.

I really enjoyed reading this series, I’ve tried to pick a favourite of the three, but they are all amazing, making the choice impossible. I loved that the events of the author’s other series (‘Caraval‘) were mentioned. The descriptions of the characters, their pasts, and their secrets, were incredible, I couldn’t put the books down! I would definitely recommend this series to anyone who loves the ‘Caraval‘ series as well as fates, heartbreak, and adventure.

“Like all admirers of fairytales, she’d always loved the scent of books. She loved the paper dust in the air, the way it swirled in the light like little sprinkles of magic. And most of all, she loved the way that fairytales always made her think of her mother and endless possibilities.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

You can find out more about the author and this series through Stephanie Garber’s Instagram which can be found using the following link…
https://www.instagram.com/stephanie_garber/?hl=en

(To see what I thought about the ‘Caraval‘ series follow this link — ‘Caraval‘

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