JACKS!
I wanted a bit more. The end of the second book was so wonderfully painful and bittersweet, and thus, my expectations were insanely high for this one.
385 pages
Showing posts with label Stephanie Garber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephanie Garber. Show all posts
Saturday, December 16, 2023
A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart #3) by Stephanie Garber
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Stephanie Garber Shenanigans
When Jacks shows up.
451 Pages
When Evangeline shows up in a cameo
478 Pages
I once again want to have bright colored hair. Blue or Rose colored.
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The relationship growth. The weird cabin place. I can't.
The fact that Jacks room is just....covered in apple cores. I love it. It's a choice.
*starts crying.
403 Pages
I'm not crying. You're crying.
WE GET JACKS PERSPECTIVE. I love him.
Apollo Apollo Apollo
448 Pages
Friday, October 6, 2023
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
When I wasn't sure if I was mixing up the plot with another story, but I was right.
The magic. The mystery. The intrigue.
Me watching/waiting for Jack to show up
437 Pages
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Finale by Stephanie Garber
"It's been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn't really exist. With lives, empires, and hearts hanging in the balance, Tella must decide if she's going to trust Legend or a former enemy. After uncovering a secret that upends her life, Scarlett will need to do the impossible. And Legend has a choice to make that will forever change and define him.
Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun. There are no spectators this time: only those who will win, and those who will lose everything. Welcome, welcome to Finale. All games must come to an end..."
Oh the twists! The game has become reality as mysterious Fates have been released and are slowly waking up to wreck havoc. The story follows both sisters this time flipping back and forth as they both try and figure out how to save everyone and each other at the same time. Tella's love triangle (?) was really interesting and I got excited when I found out Jacks is in Garber's more recent series. One more for the TBR!
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
"After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend's true name.
The only chance of uncovering Legend's identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more--and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets...including her sister's. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice. But now the game is asking for more. If Tella can't fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend's name, she'll lose everything she cares about--maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever. "
I was not expecting the shift in perspectives but I love how we are now getting Tella's story after Scarlet's. We still get some of Scarlet but the focus is more on her sister Tella and how this Caraval is more real than ever. It was hard at first to believe that things were getting real after the first book.
Monday, February 6, 2023
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
"Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.
But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. And whether Caraval is real or not, Scarlett must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over or a dangerous domino effect of consequences will be set off, and her beloved sister will disappear forever."
The mystery and intrigue in this book! You cannot tell what is real and what is not. I am on the second book and I still have doubts about some of the happenings in the first one! I do not think the game ever ends. There are so many twists and turns and motivations seem to change at the drop of a hat. I hope the ending is real, I would be heartbroken for Scarlett if the act continues on through the next books.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
403 pages
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing. But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game—and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite tragedy..."
well, well, well. The first in a SERIES, Laura, not a standalone, ya bonehead. And the series isn't fully published yet. AHHH. AHHHHHH!
408 pages
Friday, October 7, 2022
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
Also like....Did and did not see the twist coming, but called the last part.
Sometimes I keep forgetting that Stephanie Garber and Marissa Meyer aren't the same person, so I keep thinking that it's going to be a Wonderland retelling.....
The obsession with apples.
416 Pages
TS Song: ....The Archer...obviously.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
The cameos.
When a character has a fun hair color it really reinforces the idea in my brain that I should have purple hair.
You know who else is a prince. anyways.
Nicodemus. Really? That's the name we're giving him. Ok.
All the Cinderella and Frozen vibes
THAT'S where you end it?!?! But but but.
And I have a conspiracy theory and y'all are making it difficult to confirm or deny.
416 Pages
Monday, August 3, 2020
Finale by Stephanie Garber
Insert a gif of Merdeith getting mad at McDreamy and McVet..sooooo "The Point of No Return" from Phantom of the Opera vibes,
aaaaaand that scene Return of the Jedi
I love Julian and I have lots of feelings and I can't. Julian and Scarlett together. Heart eyes. fsdajklsfdajklfdsajl;jsda
And Legend. My ships. sfjkldsfjkld
I just love my boys...
I wish there had been like 100 more pages, because it felt like the ending came too fast, but I really liked the ending itself. ....I wanted more angst.....
512 Pages
Friday, July 17, 2020
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Dante. Sigh. I just love guys who act like they don't care.And I love tattoos...
Dante and Julian.
Damsels in distress are kind of my jam...but only when it means that grumpy character is nice for them...
All of the magical pretty things.
Tella...someone protect her...she's trying her best.
512 Pages
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The world is so pretty. All the colors and weird thingsand I love Scarlett and I'm just gonna be over here in my corner with magical worlds that are real and not real.
All the sibling relationships.
Insert gif of Elsa saying "You can't marry a man you just met"
Agh Julian. Ok that's it. Just Julian.
448 Pages
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