A review by readingrobin
The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I appreciate the great message about acknowledging your emotions and problems straight on instead of running away from them, but I don't think there is much here that sets it apart from other junior fiction with the same lesson. There is some great development from our main character, you can really see how she gets from point A from point B in her growth, but really I can't think of anything else that stuck out to me. 

The end is probably the stickiest thing. Where I don't mind the whole ending of "we did some reverse the clock shenanigans so none of the bad stuff actually happened", given how often it appears in other children's media, I can't actually decide if it caused a paradox or not? It just made a few things a bit more confusing in hindsight

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I think the target demographic would be a bit more interested in this book, what with the dreamy imagery and the slight mysterious air to the circus.