These are not the books with strict rules for magic-users or boundaries of how far your magic can take you. Or even when I kept reading and re-reading « Little Prince» over and over again to relive that feeling of immense joy the book brought me.Īll of these books have something in common – the element of unpredictable magical events. GOODREADS | AMAZON UK – US | BOOKDEPOSITORY | AUTHOR’S WEBSITEġ – « Caraval », for me, is the definition of “whimsical” and apparently, that’s what I love! I should have guessed it before, after reading and loving « The Bear and the Nightingale» by Katherine Arden, or after obsessing over « Alice’s Adventures in Wonderlands» when I was just learning to read on my own. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance.

It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.

Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval-the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show-are over.īut this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father.

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