The Broken Ring, Volume 1 - This Marriage Will Fail Anyway

Only those who have died know how long a lifetime is. Inés;Valeztena''s first life ended at the age of twenty-six. The manhwa adaptation of CHACHA KIM''S webnovel is now available in English print for the first time. Inés Valeztena, daughter of a powerful noble family, and Cárcel Escalante, cousin to the crown prince, have been engaged since they were six years old. Their long-delayed marriage has been the talk of high society for years, and although her fiancé is the empire’s most notorious playboy, Inés seems inexplicably content to keep the arrangement. In fact, she encourages him to do whatever he pleases even after their wedding, as long as they maintain order among the nobles. What the gossips--and Cárcel--don’t know is that Inés has plans for her marriage of obligation, and they have nothing to do with love. But when Cárcel suddenly declares he is ready to reform his rakish ways, marry immediately, and prove to Inés that he is worthy of her true affection, she must keep her wits about her or risk losing everything she’s spent lifetimes of heartache and desperation to obtain. Volume 1 collects episodes 1–14 of the webcomic

About the author

CHACHA KIM is a bestselling author best known for the webnovel The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway. Since debuting in 2016 with The Abduction of Mademoiselle, she has published popular works including Quiet in the Office!, So Long, Summer, and In the Shadow of the Spring.

CHOKAM is the writer of the webcomic The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway.

Cheong-gwa is the illustrator of the webcomic The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway.

Product details

• Authors: CHACHA KIM, Cheong-gwa, CHOKAM
• Assisted by: Cheong-gwa (Illustration)
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 21.10.2025
• EAN: 9780593972632
• ISBN: 978-0-593-97263-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Broken Ring
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Romance, Fantasy, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Romance, Graphic Novels: Manga, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Fantasy, esoteric, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Romance, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, Manga and East Asian style / tradition comic books, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Fantasy / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / East Asian Style / Manhwa