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A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

28 reviews

bellebookcorner's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

“It had taken all the heartbreak, all the almost love and the wrong love, to know that this love was true love.”

 

Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy has finally come to an end with this book! 

This is one of my anticipated reads of 2023 and I’m quite satisfied with this ending. 

 

It’s been a wonderful filled with loveable characters, enchanting world building, captivating fairytale vibes that comes with curses, magic, vampires and Fate. 

I really enjoy my time following Evangeline right from the 1st book and I admire her for always believing in true love and her heart. 

 

I also like discovering new information regarding the origin of the curses and also knowing more about the Vale family. 

However, this book also comes with new questions without giving direct answers at the end which annoyed me a little bit. 

But after reading the epilogue (from various different editions), I’m guessing the author has something up her sleeve for another adventure so I'll let this one slide! 

 

As much as I like this book, I kinda wish there’s more of Jacks’s POV instead of Apollo. It feels like we’re seeing less of Jacks in this story, I would’ve loved to see more of him and Evangline together. 

 

Overall, this book serves as a good ending and I absolutely love this trilogy as a whole. My favorite out of all 3 books would be The Ballad of Never After! 

While I'm sad that I have to say goodbye to my two favorite characters, I’m glad to see Jacks and Evangeline finally got the ending they deserved. 

 

“You are the love of my life. 
You are mine, Jacks of the Hollow. 
And you’re not going to be the end of me.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Torture and Cursing

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

kate_den_herder's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I really wanted to like this series. I was sure there would be a clever loophole to break the curse and I would eventually like the main love interest (ok he kinda got me in this book). I was enjoying this one more than the previous two because we got multiple POVs and understood the main characters’ motives more. Yes, I was annoyed that several important characters from the last two were barely mentioned, but I was willing to look past it for a bit, hoping they would come back later. They didn’t. (One did briefly but I’m still miffed). This book did not feel like an ending. It was a romance first and foremost, neglecting the plot.

and in the end Evangeline breaks jacks’s curse with her sheer will/love? I don’t get it. I don’t understand how it can be true love’s magical kiss while jacks is still a fate and no one thought the curse could be broken at all.

I’m assuming the stories aren’t wrapped up because, as the epilogue says, there are more stories to be told in the Magnificent North. I just wish this story felt complete.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Self harm

ephalent's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

sam_malaika's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Murder, and Violence

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy, War, Death of parent, Torture, Terminal illness, Vomit, Suicide, and Infidelity

gale_bruckner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I adored every second of this story.  It's a fairy tale for anyone who has stopped believing in fairy tales.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Kidnapping

frankieclc's review against another edition

3.5

so sad it wasn't as good as the last one and the ending seemed so unthought through but its worth it cause jacks 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Toxic relationship

tays_books's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Self harm, and Torture