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gabs_parr's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual content, and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Confinement, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Torture, and War
chelsea_nailpolishlover's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Red tower and Entangled Publishing was kind enough to send me a ARC of this book. I had already preordered the book but I’m glad I got to read it early!
I guess we can start with what this book was supposed to be about. The circus 🎪. Was it about a circus? No not really. If you are expecting this book to involve a lot of aspects of circus and circus life you will be disappointed. I personally wasn’t disappointed in that aspect. I do think it could have included more details and time spent but I also didn’t mind that it didn’t spend hundreds of pages on circus life.
The characters themselves were intriguing, fun, and charismatic. I did love Mal more than any other character. And from those I talked to who have read the book as well agree that Mal needs her own book. And I’m hoping there’s another book to this series in their pov. 👀
I did enjoy the main characters as well. Harrows and Raiths relationship was interesting. I liked them individually, Raith is obviously a complicated person, the issues surrounding him though I felt weren’t explored well enough. And Harrow has trauma, but I felt like it was pushed aside and ignored because ✨love✨.
I really don’t like instant love tropes. And that is what this book revolves around. I mean I understand why and the reason for it, I just think the immaturity of both the main characters made it even worse for me while reading.
There were also moments that characters thoughts and feelings were repeated MULTIPLE times in the span of one or two pages. It got a bit annoying.
The ending was upsetting and not in a good way. Pregnancy tropes.. why? Why must authors take an interesting concept and new and I do mean NEW relationship and ruin it by throwing a god damn baby in there. It wasn’t necessary, it was messily done. It did not add any weight or enchanting plot to the story.
When I first started reading this book I enjoyed it a lot. And I couldn’t understand why people had rated it so low. After finishing it I now understand. I could pick this book apart easily. No real twists and turns, instant love trope, pregnancy trope, plots not exactly what the synopsis said it would be, the rushed job of the ending, predictablity.
Still why am I rating this book 4⭐️’s you might ask. Purely vibes. I couldnt stop thinking about the book every time I put it down. I enjoyed the world, I enjoyed the characters. And I would recommend the book still despite its issues. And because I’m honestly excited to read the next book of this series or spin off book. And hopefully the next book is longer, with some interesting twists and turns, and fun and charismatic characters. 🤞🏻
3 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Red tower and Entangled Publishing was kind enough to send me a ARC of this book. I had already preordered the book but I’m glad I got to read it early!
I guess we can start with what this book was supposed to be about. The circus 🎪. Was it about a circus? No not really. If you are expecting this book to involve a lot of aspects of circus and circus life you will be disappointed. I personally wasn’t disappointed in that aspect. I do think it could have included more details and time spent but I also didn’t mind that it didn’t spend hundreds of pages on circus life.
The characters themselves were intriguing, fun, and charismatic. I did love Mal more than any other character. And from those I talked to who have read the book as well agree that Mal needs her own book. And I’m hoping there’s another book to this series in their pov. 👀
I did enjoy the main characters as well. Harrows and Raiths relationship was interesting. I liked them individually, Raith is obviously a complicated person, the issues surrounding him though I felt weren’t explored well enough. And Harrow has trauma, but I felt like it was pushed aside and ignored because ✨love✨.
I really don’t like instant love tropes. And that is what this book revolves around. I mean I understand why and the reason for it, I just think the immaturity of both the main characters made it even worse for me while reading.
There were also moments that characters thoughts and feelings were repeated MULTIPLE times in the span of one or two pages. It got a bit annoying.
The ending was upsetting and not in a good way. Pregnancy tropes.. why? Why must authors take an interesting concept and new and I do mean NEW relationship and ruin it by throwing a god damn baby in there. It wasn’t necessary, it was messily done. It did not add any weight or enchanting plot to the story.
When I first started reading this book I enjoyed it a lot. And I couldn’t understand why people had rated it so low. After finishing it I now understand. I could pick this book apart easily. No real twists and turns, instant love trope, pregnancy trope, plots not exactly what the synopsis said it would be, the rushed job of the ending, predictablity.
Still why am I rating this book 4⭐️’s you might ask. Purely vibes. I couldnt stop thinking about the book every time I put it down. I enjoyed the world, I enjoyed the characters. And I would recommend the book still despite its issues. And because I’m honestly excited to read the next book of this series or spin off book. And hopefully the next book is longer, with some interesting twists and turns, and fun and charismatic characters. 🤞🏻
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Pregnancy and Violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Death of parent, Slavery, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Murder, and Vomit
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