Hello!
I am so very happy to share we have saved up enough water and bottle return funds to put in a whopper of a book order! Half of it arrived yesterday (you can see the picture on my Twitter feed) and the other half is shipping soon. Once it gets here, NEW ARRIVALS will be Books of the Week!
One of the perks of opening new book boxes? Snagging what you think looks interesting first! Including this!
If I had to compare this book to other books or media (which I something I have to do for SLJ reviews), I'd say Night Circus meets Moulin Rouge meets Escape the Room/New Haven meets a murder mystery dinner. Yes, really!
Two sisters, abandoned by their mother and raised by a cruel father who is governor of their island, hear of the Caraval from their grandmother. The traveling show allows guests to either just watch or participate in the game. Scarlett and Donatella desperately want to attend, but the show is nowhere near them until just before Scarlett's (arranged) wedding. Their father, of course, would never let them go.
Enter Julian, a visiting sailor who takes an interest in Tella and was a previous guest of the Caraval.
Nothing is what it seems and no one is who they say they are.
Who is acting as part of the show and who is not?
And what of Legend, the creative master of the Caraval? His past and the girls' may be more entwined than they realize.
I LOVED this book and read it in one night. It will keep you guessing until the very end. Which, it appears, there will be a sequel.
Look for this book to go on display shortly in the LMC!
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