When one tragedy after another strikes the carnival―and it becomes clear that Daniel is somehow at the center of calamity―Ruby takes it upon herself to discover the mystery of the shadowy man pulling all the strings.
Readers will content themselves with Post’s rich, atmospheric prose and displays of dark magic ... the ending, with animal howls of rage, is all the more effective for the suddenly understated prose.
Night Circus fans will inevitably find this a cousin of their favorite, but readers of Katharine Dunn's Geek Love or Neil Gaiman's American Gods are more likely to enjoy it.
This is a tale brimming with imagination and rich in melancholy as it pits the natural against the supernatural and touches on what it means to be human ... Great fare for fans of gothic fiction or simply good storytelling.
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