I thought this cover was so intriguing so when I had a chance to grab the ARC of this book through netgalley I jumped on it. I’m a bit undecided on this one…honestly I’m meh about it. Here is the blurb:
In a world of magical visions and pyrokinesis, Mara just wants to have a normal life. But is that possible?
Mara has become used to the extraordinary. Roaming from place to place with Gideon Davorin’s Traveling Carnival, she longs for an ordinary life where no one has the ability to levitate or predict the future.
She gets her chance when the struggling sideshow sets up camp in the small town of Caudry and she meets a gorgeous local guy named Gabe. But before long, Mara realizes there’s a dark presence lurking in the town that’s threatening the lives of her friends. She has seven days to take control of a power she didn’t know she had in order to save everyone she cares about—and change the future forever.
It’s going to be another pro and con review guys sorry.
Pros. The concept. I love that Amanda explored the idea of a traveling circus and I loved the whole idea of this book. I found the world easy to understand and the characters enjoyable enough.
Cons. It has instalove, which I hate. Why do we need this? I really think the romance in this book actually took away from the story.
Setting. This book is set in the 80’s, now that alone doesn’t bother me (I remember the 80’s) but the author constantly reminds you of this fact. It’s not so much hints as being beaten over the head with it, so it gets old really fast.
Overall I enjoyed it enough but I think I would get it from the library. If you do want to purchase it here is the link from Amazon:
Geek Sneak Peek 
Oh!! So remember me telling you about the very first ebooks I bought? They were this troll stories by Amanda Hocking! I am still holding a grudge about the Trylle series. I haven’t read another of her books since those because I was so mad about how they ended. Lol.
Yes she does instalove, and that drives me crazy.
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Oh I remember us talking about that! Now I understand so much more…
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Lol yep. I just can’t read her stuff.
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I was so disappointed when I was turned down for this on NetGalley, but this is the 3rd or 4th “meh” review, so now I don’t feel as bad. Do you think authors ever listen to us about how much we generally hate insta-love? I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the times it’s come off as believable in a book.😕
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No I don’t think they listen but maybe one of these day we can change one of their minds! You’re a better reviewer than me so if you got turned down then I know their crazy 🙂
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We can only hope! And Hey! I really enjoy your reviews Karen!🤗
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Thank you!
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I’ve seen this book a lot on instagram and thought I might check it out to see what the fuss is all about – but instalove? Meh.
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Exactly! And it’s $10!! That’s a lot in my book world.
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