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First off I listened to the audio version of this book. Jim Dale is the narrator and everything came alive as he read this book. I'm not sure if my experience would have been different if I had read the book. It is full of details and descriptions. It seemed like half this book was nothing more than imagery and the characters seemed almost secondary to the circus itself. I usually enjoy books that are much more fast paced and plot driven but this held my attention the entire time. It is beautifully written. There is romance in this book but it wasn't the focus of the book. There was a large cast of characters who all played a large part in the story instead of just focusing on the two main characters. This has to be one of the most original, well written books I've read. Content: (May be considered a spoiler) There was only one swear word that I remember in the entire book (but it was the F word) and one scene with implied sex. So if you take white out to the F word on page 10 and skip the second half of page 295 it would be a clean read. (At least those were the page #s in the ARC I have). Rating: 5 Stars Source: ARC from publisher but I downloaded it from Audible.com because Jim Dale is the narrator.

2023-07-26 14:03