Casey reviewed on 7/6/2016 + 154 more book reviews

There are some novels where five stars are not nearly enough. The Ringmaster's Wife is just such a book.

I could not put this story down. Work was neglected, household chores weren't even a figment of a thought and all I could do was turn page after intriguing page. The language drew me into the story with a tender hand hold and wouldn't let me go. The characters wrapped their way around my heart and whispered their story with command and grace. The description, oh the description that took me into the Big Top and into the world of a circus from an exciting and frightening decade of change.

A few paltry words of my own are a pitiful attempt to say what all I loved and why I couldn't dare stop reading. The moments in between were long and filled with thoughts of revisiting this circus, to find out what would happen with beloved Rosamund and Colin, John and Mable.

A circus story of yesteryear with so, so much more to offer the reader. But ultimately a tale that will twine it's way around your heart and refuse to part. An absolute favorite.

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