Once Upon A Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber

I don't often re-read books; a book has to be really special for me to do that. It's one of the reasons I tend to not read series until they're at completion - so I can devour in one swoop. However, after being so invested in the Caraval series, I knew I wouldn't have been able to wait with Stephanie Garber's next series.

I first read Once Upon A Broken Heart back in February last year and I have been EAGERLY *impatiently* waiting for The Ballad of Never After ever since.

If I remember rightly, the first read was over the course of maybe a couple of days... the re-read was the same.

This is a book that is so easy to get invested in. As a YA novel, the language is easy without being patronising, and the plot is deep enough without being over complex.

Whist this is a continuation of the world featured in the Caraval series, you can read OUABH as a standalone series (though I'm also itching to reread Caraval)

Evangeline Fox is orphaned. She thought she'd found love with Luc and when she finds out he's betrothed to her step sister, she takes a visit to the chapel of The Prince of Hearts, making a deal with the Fate to stop the wedding.

But you should never make a deal with a Fate and Evangeline finds herself amongst immortals, married to a prince, a fugitive for murder and being used as a key to open an ancient arch that she's never even heard of, sealing Gods knows what.

Check out my review of the sequel, The Ballad of Never After here...

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If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times - for me, snuggling down with a Jenny Colgan book is like a hug from an old friend. And Christmas At The Island Hotel is no exception. Now, this is part of a series in the way that it follows a family of characters for their fourth installment, however as always, this works perfectly as a standalone book. Fintan, grieving the loss of his partner, has been left to open The Rock - the hotel on the island of Mure. Suddenly, this born and bred farmer needs to source a kitchen team to maintain the legacy of his late partner. And now he has a French chef that no one else wants, working in his kitchen. Konstantin, Norwegian party boy and all round spoilt brat, has been cast out by his Dad and has to learn how to be self sufficient. He finds himself on the remote island of Mure, halfway between Scotland and Norway, with no money, no friends and no idea how to chop an onion, As always, Jenny expertly weaves the lives of the characte...

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Orphans of The Storm - Celia Imrie

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