A review by siannas_second_library
The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong

adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.25

 I was provided a free ARC of this book via NetGalley

This was fun! 4 stars 

I am always a fan of queer found families and this one was particularly likable. That’s definitely the strongest aspect of this book: the characters. I really love them. They are magical while staying relatable, strong willed but understanding and flawed but able to change. I also really love that the main character is asexual and panromantic, we just need that more in books. The Love-story between Jes and Bo is also really cute, realistic and uplifting. 

Even the Villains were great, evil in a way that felt realistic and therefore even more terrifying. 

The Plot is good too, though I wouldn’t say great. It’s fun and well paced but the different story-lines feel like they are always taking attention away from each other so we got neither enough of the circus nor the crime-boss story-line. I really liked the flashback chapters though, those were great. 

And the world is fantastic. Different alien-species with different psychic powers, a whole moon dedicated to pleasure, a sentient star?! Good stuff. 

The writing is a bit clumsy in the beginning but it get’s better and it’s a really enjoyable read. 

Since I’m one of the first people to review this I should give some trigger warnings for this book because there are a few heavy topics in this. 

I have to mention one specific scene (light spoilers). There is a scene were the asexual main character is forced to go to a sex-club (he is being blackmailed). He is not alone, two friends are with him (they are not the ones forcing him), and nothing bad happens but he feels very uncomfortable and throws up once they’re out. I just wanted to warn you in case that is not something you want to read. 
 

If you are not affected by these things I can really only recommend this book, it was a delight to read and I hope we get more set in this world and/or about these characters. 

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