A review by booksnorkel
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

3.0

For me this book wasn’t ‘amazing’ it was ok. A boy’s grandfather went to the Circus Mirandus as a boy. This circus was not like anything else in this world, he’s told Micah all his stories. When his grandpa becomes sick Micah’s great aunt Gertrudis comes. Of course she is Dalh-esk levels of terrible and oblivious to Micah’s emotional needs. She of course thinks the Circus is just stories her brother made up. Micah is determined to prove her wrong and get his grandfather the miracle he was promised on his first trip to the circus. Can Micah find the Circus and get the miracle to save his grandfather? Or will a dark secret that ties Micah and his grandfather to the circus destroy them? With a somewhat unsatisfactory ending that leaves everything open for a second book this is a story that just really wasn’t for me. This is a kids version of Night Circus, and perhaps if I had read this one first then I might have enjoyed it more. Or perhaps I would have liked it more if there was a little tidier ending… haha for boys and girls sixth grade on up looking for a real-ish fantasy story with a little bit of a dark and sad edge to it. I would read a second book if that was the end of it, but I don't know if I could do a series