The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers 454 pages
Summary from Goodreads: Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder-a world where women tame magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. But each daring feat has a cost. Bound to her family's strange and magical circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows-until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate love affair that could cost her everything.
Virginia, 2005: Lara Barnes is on top of the world-until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. Desperate, her search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother's journals and sweeps her into the story of a dark circus and a generational curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations.
And here's what I thought: Secret circus? Sign me up! If you like stories of circuses, and things like Cirque du Soleil, as well as dark fantasy, this is your book. I really enjoyed this book and the back-and-forth in time storytelling. This circus is fascinating, but there's something very dark at play here and as the pages turn, more and more is revealed, bit by bit. A ticket may be something you want, but is it worth your soul? Can you pay off a lifetime of bad acts by performing a circus act? Definitely a dark story, and a bit of heartbreak here. Smoothly paced, this story builds in intrigue with each page and there is a dark current running all the way through.
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