I'm gonna be re-reading the Once Upon A Broken Heart triology, followed by the Caraval triology, and finally finishing off with Spectacular!
Hopefully, this staves off some time in the long wait ahead of us until the release of The Mirror of Infinite Endings.
"Um, okay, good for you, but why make a post about it?"
Glad you asked! I'm gonna be live reacting!
Follow along as I share my thoughts and theories diving into Stephanie Garber's brilliantly magical world of whimsy~
I'll be posting reactions after every sitting, and since I'm a STEM girlie close to her exams, there's going to be a lost of those – they'll be all posted here, as a masterlist of sorts.
Messaging people for the first time is so hard. What am I supposed to say? Like, "You seem really odd and your blog intrigues me. Do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters?" What! Whatever. I will just follow you back and stare at your blog with my big beautiful brown eyes.
Reblog if you're okay with people coming into your DMs with the "you seem really odd and your blog intrigues me, do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters"
I'm doing a re-read of Stephanie Garber's brilliantly magical world of Once Upon a Broke Heart, and I'm gonna be taking y'all with me! because my friends don't read. it is a tragedy.
It's a re-reader's live reaction series, so I've placed it under the cut for spoilers~
Masterlist | Apple Count: 2
Chapters covered: 0 -> 6
Let's Dive In~
Warnings and Signs
I forgot this chapter existed, lmfao. I love how the bell describes both Luc and Evangeline, it's so sweet to her and completely roasts him. As deserved.
Though, the bell is kinda wrong. Luc was step one on Evangeline's journey to her true love. Why else would she get tangled up with the Prince of Hearts otherwise? She wasn't in the North, Chaos had no way of knowing the key was in Valenda until Jacks made her famous.
Chapter One
I used to this Jacks' church was the most popular oops. Only one of the most popular.
Wait SG never covered why the doors disappeared though. I'm gonna try to match the timeline when I get to Legendary, what made him want to hide?
It did end up being a sign, but not the boy she saved wasn't the one she was trying to. Cute.
Drop of blood falling on the door and it opens, I wonder if this has happened to her before and she just never noticed.
Evangeline's greatest heartbreak being Jacks' scent when he's being mean 🤌🤌
Incredible start to her speech. I love the "now I'm about to lose the boy I love." It makes me think of transition to awkward and stilted to speaking her heart out. Also, this is why PR is important, Agnes being awful made her the #1 suspect and Marisol being nice made her "she would never do this."
Apple Count +1. On SIGHT, I swear he had better control with Tella... Both of them are so obvious with the love at first sight.
Chapter Two
"People who don't like me call me Jacks." "You can call me Archer." This boy I swear.
He's her favorite Fate and her favorite fairytale, they were made for each other your honor.
"waves of soft pink streaked through with pale gold" wait. does she have pink hair with gold highlights to make it look rose gold. whaaaaaaaatttttt.
He's so judgemental for no reason like gods forbid a girl has only ever had one lover? Wdym "that is pathetic" boy chill. not everyone is as experienced as your ancient ass.
Eurgh I forgot Luc's cringeass proposal. Knowing it's a dialogue makes it worse. He's such a basic unorginal man.
Yet again questioning how he knew Marisol was the culprit. How many of these evil stepsister stories have you seen over the centuries sir.
Questioning all the biting (it's fun) (but seriously why is everyone so bite-y)
I want to get the three hearts tattoo.
Chapter Three
I forgot Luc was conscious at the end.
Apple Count +1, white again.
Chapter Four
All of them suck. She never felt the warmth of another person, they didn't even embrace her? Even for show?
"But as hopeful as Evangeline was, she knew the Prince of Hearts wasn’t a savior. He was the one people needed saving from." Ahahaha...ahahaha. Eemember when Jacks said the same thing.
Chapter Six
He didn't forget about her <333 but the chapter in ACFTL is doing a lot of heavy lifting honestly. I prefer the "fell slowly" version, cute as the love at first sight is.
Also did anybody ever tell Evangeline Jacks was the Prince of Valenda? The ridiculousness of going from Prince to Exile is—
Girl gets revived and people immediately want a piece of her. Let her have her cake omg. She needs food.
Screaming "No! Don't feel bad! She doesn't deserve it!" when she feels guilty towards Marisol but Evangeline's heart is my favourite thing about her. I love how she's soft. She's pretty, she's pink, she's girly, and she's proud of her femininity. With so many female leads around that are all leathers and suits and reject their whimsy, their feminity, Evangeline is such a breath of fresh air. Let our leads be badasses while being their girly selves. Let them still believe in good, in magic, in wonder.
everytime i see one of Stephanie's posts I'm reminded of the fact that September 29 is practically October and it's still half an year away, what am I supposed to do with my life in the meantime?? It is so sad I want The Mirror of Infinite Endings so badly I'm going insane a little. I need it right now. Why is it so secret. Is the plot gonna be Evajacks experiences alternate universes? Is Jacks hating ringmasters really a legend cameo or is it just lingering hatred resurfacing on seeing yet another ringmaster? (Honestly doesn't make sense to me that Tellalegend would go to the North when they know he's there, but I never finished Spectacular, so who knows?)
Hey maybe I should read that, I'd occupy another day...
Maybe I do a whole read of all seven books and do a analysis/theory for MoIF....
OMG, a new chapter of Magic Shuu just dropped! 😮 That's right folks, I'm still updating! Check out chapter 14: Heartfelt. Account required to read. Enjoy!
btw i want to say that the entire tumblr community banding together is what got these changes reversed so i hope u all realise the power of a reblog and start reblogging posts instead of just liking them this is the reblog website so hit that button right now
in 2019 i told myself that i would never start a new multichapter fic without finishing the old one. but then where do i hold the love that just keeps coming
Sometimes you do be having a good day then you remember you're still on chapter 12 of the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller because your stupid ass decided to skip ahead to the end to see how to it ended and got traumatized by Pyrrhus refusing to allow Patroclus' name to be inlaid on their joint grave and sobbed for ages after and no longer have the courage to pick it back up, five years later.
and make sure your comments are kind!!! “I love this so much!” and “this is amazing! I’m so excited for what happens next” are more likely to get your favorite fics updated than “when will we get the next chapter?”
"Can't wait for the next chapter" comments are rarely helpful for me because man, me too! I don't start writing a fic intending to half-ass it or leave myself hanging. Like I want to see this fic to the end too... but I'm tired...
The best comments are the types that express so much interest and enthusiasm that they remind me of the excitement I felt when I started the fic in the first place. I want to be reminded of that love too! When I re-read my fic through someone else's eyes I find the passion and fresh new inspiration to continue writing.
