Jul 16

Carnival by K.B. Nelson Review

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4 Smooches!

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Synopsis

Charlie should be packing her bags for college, but the life ahead of her isn’t one she’s certain she wants. Maybe that’s what led her to sleep with a perfect stranger at the county fair. Finding out he was a carnie was like winning the bonus round of the world’s worst game.

Blue grew up in the carnival, never staying anywhere long enough to call home. He never thought of himself as the type to seduce a local, let alone fall in love with one, but his impulsiveness got the better of him this time. He should go where the carnival takes him, but for the first time he’s not sure if he wants to follow.

When he makes the decision to stick around, Charlie eagerly follows him down the rabbit hole; into a world with no regard for consequences or regret. Most of all, he shows her that home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling they can create and share. For a price. Because the higher the roller coaster goes, the faster it all comes crashing down.

Review

So I really enjoyed this book.  I read that this was KB Nelson’s debut novel and there will be more books to follow.
I too have not read anything like this book based around the carnival life.  Charlie is the teenage girl who goes to the Carnival in her home town one night and meets a “Carnie”, Blue, and she instantly falls for him.
“He’s Gorgeous, like a teenage Brad Pitt-tall, lean and muscular, wearing worn jeans and a white t-shirt that clings to the sweat on his sculpted chest.  I stare into his eyes and I’m not going to lie, I feel the sting of Cupid’s arrow in my ass. Those beautiful blue eyes.” 
Hot right?..lol  How can he not sound hot and interestingly enough his name is Blue.  Blue grew up in the carnival life never staying anywhere long enough to call home.
“I’ve Spent my entire life dreaming of going home, but I’ve never had a home to go home to.  I’ve decided to give life away from the carnival a shot.  Most people run away to the carnival.  Well, I’m running away from it.”
But when he meets Charlie they seem to click and have a lot of fun together.  They go through their ups and downs, sex, drugs, twists and turns in this book that I really never saw coming.
This book was a easy read, I really liked Blue, he was easy to fall in love with and funny. Charlie would get on my nerves at times but all in all I liked them.  Will Blue stay with Charlie, or will the ” normal life’ versus the “Carnival life” be too much for him and he will run back to it? Well, you will have to pick this book up and see. 🙂

Carnival is recommended for ages 17+ for language, thematic elements and strong sexual content.

I give this book 4 Smooches! 🙂

Tricia

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Amie Knight