![]() But as she travels with the carnival and gets to know its employees, she begins to learn that the carnival is not what it seems. Eliza hopes to earn enough money to find her missing younger sister, Twiggy, the only family she has left. That doesn’t stop her from nabbing a caretaker job at a traveling carnival, Bacchanal, with only the clothes on her back and Mico, her pet marmoset. Think of a Southern Gothic version of The Midnight Circus with a touch of Lovecraft Country.Įliza Meeks can communicate with animals, though her gift is fickle if she isn’t careful, she can accidentally kill the animal she’s trying to talk to. ![]() I’m a sucker for carnival stories, and Veronica Henry’s Bacchanal is the first one I’ve read that’s centered on a Black protagonist.
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