A Curse for True Love

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

Expectations were high for this book, and this often works against its own success. Overall, I think this is a great series, and I don't regret the effort I made to have the matching UK hardcovers.

Stephanie writing is beautiful, and similarly with the previous books in the series, her storytelling abilities shine on the second half of the book, which coincides when we get more of Jacks.

They got the HEA they deserved, and my main concern right now is: How will they solve Jack's being immortal and Evangeline being human?

I liked the inclusion of Apollo's and Jack's POV, as I see them as more complex characters than Evangeline, and loved to learn about Jack's curse source, which made a lot of sense considering what we learned in the previous book.

The best surprise for me was the role played by Evangeline self letter. Absolutely wonderful!

Other general thoughts:

While I loved the series, I also feel a bit disappointed with its loose ends.

Whereas everyone wanted to know about Jack's apples, I already had that piece figured out... what I wanted to know was Evangeline heritage. Why did she have a connection with the Valor arches? Why did we get some many pieces of her mother teachings to end up not knowing anything more about her? Why did her mother leave the Magical North? Why did she always tell Evangeline the Ballad of the Fox and the Archer? Was all of this because every curse has a back door? Her being a key was a way out for the Valors curse and for Castor's helmet, not for Jack's curse... I don't know.

In my mind, Evangeline was the key for the Story curse, but that bit stays the same, and her role was mainly focused on love... which is ok, but I wanted more. (How do you leave something like the story curse open???