A review by chityty
Caraval by Stephanie Garber

adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I don’t read much YA and from the description I expected this to be a sort of Night Circus experience. It had those elements but then the last 50 pages was a wild blur of deceptions and choices and backstabbings that really left me finishing the book going “really?!”

Really tried to pull me into the next book with the Epilogue but I think I’ll be putting this series away and moving on. 

Also why are we having a 17 year old fall in love with an unaging man again?! Can we bury that as a plot point as it is skipped over but still like really weird that we are supposed to stand back and be like “yeah that’s cool with us”
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