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I honestly really enjoyed this book. Scarlett is a good protagonist and I liked the magical feel of the series. One of my favourite parts was the concept of having to give up days of your life as payment. I’m a sucker for magical games and fairs/carnivals/circuses amusement park concepts though. Her writing is very purple so I could see why people wouldn’t like it.
Scarlette and donetetta are abused by their father and are using the carnival to give them what they want in getting away from their father. I see complaints about lack of character development and world building. I get the character development complaint, it’s not great. The world building I thought was fine since it’s just at the carnival. I could visual it with all its purple prose.

notanothermads's review against another edition

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4.0

This PLACE ommmmmg

bribliography's review against another edition

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4.0

[4.5 stars] julian girlboss. legend gaslight. gov dragna gatekeep.

elisekim's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

flyflutter's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kaybee_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This was magical and whimsical and I loved it. I couldn't put this down particularly towards the end. I liked that you never really knew what was real and not .

I really felt like Scarlett should have been more angry and both Tella and Julian. Tella especially - she lied and manipulated her. AND then faked her death. Scarlett held her dead body - that just isnt okay.

I cant wait to read the rest of the series.

erupoo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Really enjoyable book. Would give it 5 stars but I thought the end was a little strange? Unexpected and slightly underwhelming/unbelievable/confusing. But overall great book. Looking forward to the next one. Especially love a sister relationship!

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