A review by thattheatrekid
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Didn’t love this book, didn’t dislike it. The concept was interesting.
Things I didn’t like:
- world building - things were taken for granted that made me go “huh??” such as the North just making people forget random stuff
- pacing - very very weird. Would have dragging scenes (like the crypt scene), then a day-by- day pace, then randomly skip months or weeks. 
- attempted romance- obviously there’s an enemies to lovers plot going on, and usually I’m a sucker for that, but I didn’t like the love interest. He was selfish and anytime he and Eva had a “moment” it was him being manipulative
- Eva is naive and dense. Like yeah she’s a teenage girl but some of her decisions were extremely naive
- the ambassador thing didn’t make a lot of sense since we never hear from the people she’s representing again. Politically what does this mean for her hometown if she’s marrying the king???
The good:
- interesting mystery storyline
- elements of intrigue and fantasy 
- the Fates thing 
- the stepsister side plot 

Overall decent read and I’ll read the next one, but it could be better