The main characters in the story are adults, and I just can't imagine a kid younger than thirteen finding this story entertaining.

The story is long, complicated, and not written in a way that kids will likely be able to fully understand. WHAT AGE CAN A KID READ IT? I said thirteen and up. And though there are a great many fragile objects contained within it, nothing breaks.' The entire room trembles as they come together. He savors every sound he elicits from her. He finds other ways to tell her, his fingers leaving faint trails of ink in their wake. Mutely expressing all the things he cannot speak aloud. Here is the 'worst' part of the scene: 'Trapped in silence, Marco traces apologies and adorations across Celia's body with his tongue. It's not very graphic and it will probably go over younger kids' heads. There is one 'sex scene' on pages 391 and 392. LANGUAGE (3/10)- A character says the f word. The most graphic part of the scene is: 'The silence that follows is shattered by Poppet Murray's screaming as the pool of blood on the ground spreads beneath her white boots.' A characters hands another character the 'blood-covered knife.' Not described in detail.Ī character throws a knife at someone, and it hits a different character and kills them. VIOLENCE AND SCARINESS (4.5/10)- Not as much as you would expect from a fantasy book written for adults.Ĭelia's father cuts her fingertips open so she can practice healing them.Ī character is killed by a train. Though this book is appropriate for teenagers, here are some things that parents might want to be aware of: But the first half of the book IS amazing. One thing I should say is that the first half of the book is slow, and I put this book down multiple times before the book really caught my attention. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK. The circus is like something out of a dream. The main thing that makes it so incredible: the setting. I've recommend it to almost everyone I know.

It's so brilliant that I could talk about it for hours nonstop. This book is absolutely incredible, with the most beautiful, memorable, haunting descriptions I have ever read.

The night of circus