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That Time I Joined the Circus
by J.J. Howard
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this story! There were some parts where I just didn’t want to put the book down. I think when I first tried to read this a few years ago I couldn’t get past the first few chapters but the story really kicks off when Lexi gets to the circus.
I loved the kind of family/camaraderie among the people who worked behind the scenes for the circus. There was also a good female friendship between Lexi and two girls in the circus. I loved the way they empowered each other and encouraged each other to not give up on the things they wanted, no matter how big or small.
The alternating time line was interesting because we get flash backs of Lexi’s life in NYC. However, I didn’t really like that it dragged out these big secrets. I would have liked to know the secrets from the beginning so we could have gotten more story time with Lexi at the circus.
I also didn’t really care for the romance scenes. In fact I think the book would have worked better if Lexi didn’t have any love interests. She was dealing with her father’s death and I think it would have been more realistic if she mourned it more in the story.
I do recommend this book if you want a contemporary that has a circus setting. It was very captivating and I’m so happy that I gave this book another try. Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book to review.
I loved the kind of family/camaraderie among the people who worked behind the scenes for the circus. There was also a good female friendship between Lexi and two girls in the circus. I loved the way they empowered each other and encouraged each other to not give up on the things they wanted, no matter how big or small.
The alternating time line was interesting because we get flash backs of Lexi’s life in NYC. However, I didn’t really like that it dragged out these big secrets. I would have liked to know the secrets from the beginning so we could have gotten more story time with Lexi at the circus.
I also didn’t really care for the romance scenes. In fact I think the book would have worked better if Lexi didn’t have any love interests. She was dealing with her father’s death and I think it would have been more realistic if she mourned it more in the story.
I do recommend this book if you want a contemporary that has a circus setting. It was very captivating and I’m so happy that I gave this book another try. Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book to review.