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A review by kaleyamo
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
5.0
I’m way late to the Caraval series, I know. I used to see it EVERYWHERE a few years ago, but I just never picked it up . . . Until my sister harassed me into reading the Once Upon a Broken Heart series and I decided I wanted to go back to this one to get even more backstory.
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Scarlett Dragna has been dreaming of Caraval ever since she was a little girl, inspired by stories her grandmother told. After writing to Caraval Master Legend for years, Scarlett, her sister Donatella “Tella,” and Scarlett’s unnamed fiancé — who she has never met, and does not even know the name of, since her abusive father who arranged the match always tears off any personal details included in his letters — secure invites. Scarlett is hesitant, knowing what her father will do if they leave home, but Tella … uh … “convinces” her to go anyway.
But when Scarlett arrives, Tella is nowhere to be found, and eventually Scarlett learns that this year’s Caraval game is all about finding Tella. But nothing you see or hear within Caraval can be trusted. It’s all a game. And Scarlett will have to find her sister without going mad first.
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I really liked the first book in this series! For this being the author’s debut, it’s really spectacular. I’m so impressed by the world-building and the characters — and by how even I was tricked by the mind games played during Caraval. I just started the second book, Legendary, and I’m still learning things I thought were true in Caraval were not!
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Scarlett Dragna has been dreaming of Caraval ever since she was a little girl, inspired by stories her grandmother told. After writing to Caraval Master Legend for years, Scarlett, her sister Donatella “Tella,” and Scarlett’s unnamed fiancé — who she has never met, and does not even know the name of, since her abusive father who arranged the match always tears off any personal details included in his letters — secure invites. Scarlett is hesitant, knowing what her father will do if they leave home, but Tella … uh … “convinces” her to go anyway.
But when Scarlett arrives, Tella is nowhere to be found, and eventually Scarlett learns that this year’s Caraval game is all about finding Tella. But nothing you see or hear within Caraval can be trusted. It’s all a game. And Scarlett will have to find her sister without going mad first.
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I really liked the first book in this series! For this being the author’s debut, it’s really spectacular. I’m so impressed by the world-building and the characters — and by how even I was tricked by the mind games played during Caraval. I just started the second book, Legendary, and I’m still learning things I thought were true in Caraval were not!