The Ballad of Never After: the stunning sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller Once Upon A Broken Heart

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It does precisely what middle books should do: pushes the story along while also leaving the reader craving more. their moments <33 the bantering, the soft moments, AND SO MANY TROPES I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED BTWN THEM THAT I GOT SKHGSK LITERALLY WAS SCREAMING. He is the reason she is the Unwed Bride – she turns down all others because she can’t let go of her first love. with danger lurking at her heels, evangeline chases the happy ending she still longs for, realizing soon enough that it may not be exactly how — or with whom — she imagined it to be.

This narrative style also brings with it an inherent sense of mystery and suspense, for with our knowledge limited to that of Evangeline, we are as in the dark as she is with regard to what will happen next. That night, she dreams of the Handsome Stranger again, who feels so familiar but just outside the reach of her memory, and he is joined by LaLa, who wants to apologize for cursing Apollo and reveals she stabbed Jacks. After waking, Evangeline begins to suspect Jacks might actually be the Archer and further roams the inn until she finds Aurora’s diary. But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. I know some of you love the writing in it, and I won't deny it was better than the first book but it still came across as ordinary.He summons her now, and as Evangeline meets him, he is revealed to be Luc, Evangeline’s first love, who tried to marry her stepsister and was turned into a vampire by the vampire lord Chaos.

Morning after reading this and I’m suffering from such intense heartbreak, I can’t focus on anything else. She’s still as hopeful with her heart despite everything that ensues but somehow wiser in her determination. When I read the final few chapters, my jaw was open, my eyes were watering, and I kept whispering, "oh my god" and "no" over and over.It now contains an old scandal sheet cutting with an article about a monster and a series of attacks on House Slaughterwood shortly after Castor Valor’s death during the slaying of House Merrywood. As they dance and dine, Evangeline watches Jacks flirt with various girls and is overcome by such intense jealousy that it makes her wonder if she is being influenced by one of the stones. They remain mostly unread because their words change each time they are opened due to the story curse that hides the truth about the Valor Arch. If Jacks hadn’t betrayed her, if he hadn’t set her up for murder, she might have been a little bewitched by him.