authorchrishelsmith 's review for:

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

4.0

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The first half of this book dragged on for me so bad. I could not stay interested no matter how hard I tried. But I loved once upon a broken heart, so I pushed through so I could read this series and understand the background behind that storyline as well. I’m glad I did, because the second half of this book was so much better. I loved the magic of Caraval and how so unique it’s setting and story telling was. I particularly loved Scarlett’s dress as it changed with her moods and that was really cool. I still wished for more in this book, but I can’t say if what. I guess I just didn’t feel as connected with the characters as I would have liked. Perhaps that will be different in the second book. All in all, it was a very interesting and unique story.