Evangeline represents . She wears rose-colored glasses in a world painted with blood. Even when she is stabbed, betrayed, or lied to, she believes that if she just finds the right door, the right key, or the right kiss, everything will be okay.
This is not a book for cynics. If you despise instalove, ridiculous magical rules, or protagonists who make frustratingly bad decisions, you will hate Evangeline. She is a professional disaster.
Desperate to stop the wedding, Evangeline makes a desperate decision: she visits a legendary, mysterious being known as .
Stephanie Garber has written a love letter to everyone who has ever loved someone they shouldn’t. She reminds us that a broken heart is not the end of the story. It is only the beginning.
Let us break the spell, examine the shards, and answer the burning question: Why does Erase Una Vez Un Corazon Roto (originally titled Once Upon a Broken Heart ) hurt so beautifully? Published in 2021, Erase Una Vez Un Corazon Roto is the first installment in a spin-off trilogy following Garber’s massively popular Caraval series. However, you do not need to have read Caraval to fall into this story (though it helps).
Jacks is not a fairy godmother. He is a Fate—an immortal cursed to make people fall in love with a kiss, only for that love to end in tragedy. His kisses are lethal to mortals. His price is always high. And his heart, long ago, was literally broken into pieces.
Once upon a time, there was a girl who believed in love. And she was right. Just not in the way she expected. Have you read "Erase Una Vez Un Corazon Roto"? Share your favorite Jacks moment in the comments below. And if your heart is still intact after the ending… you might want to check your pulse.
The protagonist is , a hopeless romantic who believes in true love, happy endings, and the promises written in tarot cards. She grew up believing that love conquers all. That belief is shattered when she learns that her first love, Luc, is about to marry her stepsister.
