The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber's The Ballad of Never After is the fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak
Not every love is meant to be.
After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she's discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.
But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn't the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him.
Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline's life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she's not sure she can. ...
600 pages, 26 editions
English edition · First published 2022 by Thorndike Press · ISBN 9798885786010
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Ratings and reviews
This book broke me. My emotions through the entire thing. Ended up reading half of it in one day.
It only really got interesting at the last 30% of the book.
4.5 ⭐️ This book..This freaking book! Wow, way to play with my emotions and my heart. I absolutely adore how Stephanie writes Jacks. He is by far my favourite character in her world because he always keep you on your toes. He’s such an unreliable character and I’m obsessed. I didn’t give this book 5 stars because I found some of the plot to be glaringly obvious and I felt like it really took away from some of the magic. With that being said, this is my favourite read of 2022 and I cannot wait for the next book in 2023. This world is my comfort read, I love getting caught up in. Stephanie is clearly such an talented writer, her worlds are beautiful but not too complex like in high fantasy. I think these books will appeal to many different types of readers. However, I’ve been people say this book is a bit spicy? Absolutely not. There is no smut/spice in this book and I don’t recall there being any in the first book either. But I could be wrong.
Definitely prefer book two 🥺why are some characters so frustrating? I can see why Evangeline wants to strangle Jacks.
i loved this book soooo much more than the first one also, MY HEART. i need the third book right now _(:3」∠)
Editions
26 editions
English
- The Ballad of Never After · Thorndike Press · 2023 · ISBN 9798885786010 · 27 readers This page
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2022 · ISBN 9781250268426 · 9 readers
- The Ballad of Never After · Hodder · 2023 · ISBN 9781529381009 · 6 readers
- The Ballad of Never After · Gollancz · 2025 · ISBN 9781399633888 · 3 readers
- The Ballad of Never After · Gollancz · 2025 · ISBN 9781529380989 · 2 readers
- The Ballad of Never After · Hodder & Stoughton · 2022 · ISBN 9781529380965 · 2 readers
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2024 · ISBN 9781250268433 · 1 reader
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2022 · ISBN 9781250879530 · 1 reader
- The Ballad of Never After · Hodder & Stoughton · 2022 · ISBN 9781529380972 · 1 reader
- The Ballad of Never After · Macmillan Trade · 2022 · ISBN 9781250268419 · 1 reader
- The Ballad of Never After · Gollancz · 2026 · ISBN 9781399643894
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2024 · ISBN 9781536483987
- The Ballad of Never After · Hodder & Stoughton · 2023 · ISBN 9781399724951
- The Ballad of Never After · Hodder & Stoughton · 2022 · ISBN 9781399706803
- The Ballad of Never After · Hodder & Stoughton · 2022 · ISBN 9781399710442
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2022 · ISBN 9781250874740
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2022 · ISBN 9781250875433
- The Ballad of Never After · Macmillan Audio · 2022 · ISBN 9781250859297
- The Ballad of Never After · Flatiron Books · 2022 · ISBN 9781250876331
German
- The Ballad of Never After: Deluxe-Ausgabe - Die Limitierte Deluxe-Ausgabe Der TikTok-Erfolgsreihe Mit Exkl. Bonus-Material: Ein Must-Have Für Alle Fans! · cbj · 2026 · ISBN 9783570168165
- The Ballad of Never After · cbj · 2024 · ISBN 9783570167182
Other (in)
- The Ballad of Never After · Noura Books · 2023 · ISBN 9786232423558
Other (sw)
- The Ballad of Never After · Fenix · 2025 · ISBN 9789189988071
- The Ballad of Never After (svensk Utgåva) · Fenix · 2025 · ISBN 9789189988088
Other (vi)
- The Ballad of Never After (Vietnamese Edition) · Dan Tri · 2025 · ISBN 9786044065243
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- The Ballad of Never After · 2022
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