when did jacks fall in love with evangeline

Jacks seems to start falling for Evangeline gradually, not in one single scene. Based on the discussion around the books, many readers point to the stretch after their deal in Once Upon a Broken Heart and into The Ballad of Never After as the point where his feelings become harder to deny.

What the story suggests

• In the first book, Jacks mostly acts like a dangerous, manipulative Fate rather than an open romantic interest.

• As the series goes on, his choices around Evangeline read less like pure strategy and more like attachment, protectiveness, and obsession.

• Reader discussion often places the emotional shift sometime between the engagement-party-era tension and the later escape/forced closeness moments.

Best answer

If you want the shortest answer: he probably starts falling in love sometime during the events of the second book, not fully in the first one.

Forum-style take

“He starts out using her, but by the middle of the later book it feels like he’s in too deep.”

That’s not an official canon timestamp, but it matches how a lot of fans read the relationship arc.

TL;DR

Jacks doesn’t have one clearly marked “falling in love” moment; it’s a slow shift, with the strongest evidence pointing to The Ballad of Never After.