Fantasy -- 3 1/2 stars
Eliza Meeks has a gift. She can talk to animals. What Eliza doesn't have is a family. When the white front man for a black-owned traveling carnival offers her a job, she takes the chance. But this isn't any ordinary Depression-era carnival. The carnies all have extraordinary gifts too; and the owner is a demon. ----- Dark and imaginative, where good and evil coexist, and care for their own, this is a story so atmospheric, it seemed like the lights dimmed when I opened the pages. The amalgamation of human and other worldly carnies into one entity as imagined by Ms. Henry for this traveling troupe is well done, giving the characters a degree of realism that adds much to the tale. I almost gave this novel a 4 star rating, but despite the strong elements presented, there seemed to be an absence of tension in the story itself. Knowing what was coming shouldn't have been this easy.
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