Title: Carnival of Souls
Author: Melissa
Marr
Publisher: Harper
(HarperCollins)
Length: 306
Rating: 3.5/5
Mallory is raised by witches in the human world and trained
to hate daimons, never knowing that she is one, and that her real father is the
daimon ruler of The City. At the heart of The City is the exotic Carnival of
Souls, where once a generation, fighters vie for a spot in the ruling elite.
Kalab and Aya are some of the last remaining fighters. But when Mallory’s
daimon father discovers where she is, all three teenagers are dragged into the
centuries-long war between daimons and witches, where they must fight for more
than just their lives.
This book was addicting and The City and Carnival of Souls
was intoxicating. But, it was hard to keep up with all the cultural and
otherworldy differences, especially when the first person view point kept
switching characters. While the relationships between the characters were a
driving force to keep reading and often surprising, they often seemed to
develop a little too fast. But maybe that’s an otherworldly cultural difference
I didn’t understand.
The worst part about this book is that it ended just when it
got really good! The book felt like the first half of a really good book, lots
of wading through the set-up details, but I didn’t want to stop reading when it
ended. What a tease.
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