Melissa Marr
Hardcover | Pages: 306 pages Rating: 3.67 | 7928 Users | 1280 Reviews
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| Title | : | Carnival of Souls (Untamed City #1) |
| Author | : | Melissa Marr |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 306 pages |
| Published | : | September 4th 2012 by HarperCollins (first published July 31st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Paranormal. Romance. Magic. Demons. Witches |
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED as Carnival of Souls in 2012In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the carnival, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak futures—if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting to the death is the only way to try to live.
All Mallory knows of The City is that her father—and every other witch there—fled it for a life in exile in the human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she readies herself for the inevitable.While Mallory possesses little knowledge of The City, every inhabitant of The City knows of her. There are plans for Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn into the decadence and danger that is the carnival.
From Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series and Graveminder, comes a brand-new tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny.
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| Original Title: | Carnival of Souls |
| ISBN: | 0061659282 (ISBN13: 9780061659287) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://enterthecarnival.com/ |
| Series: | Untamed City #1 |
| Characters: | Aya, Kaleb, Mallory, Belias |
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Ratings: 3.67 From 7928 Users | 1280 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books Carnival of Souls (Untamed City #1)
This was a glimpse into a dark and captivating world, with characters I couldn't help falling in love with. Brilliant!This was my first Melissa Marr book and I was extremely impressed! I was struck by the way Kaleb's rough life is presented in contrast to Mallory's almost normal suburban existence. When the two worlds start colliding, the reader is drawn into the conflict that has always existed between witches and daimons as well as the haves and have nots in the daimon world. The author does not glass over anything and, as a result, this book had some very dark moments, which I loved. That brutality really
1.5 stars. Didn't like it as much as her Wicked Lovely series. There was a lot of telling, including information-dump after information-dump. I almost put the book down permanently, however I was in a car for 5 hours, so I figured I would just finish it. Almost painfully passive story telling. Stop telling me what your characters are like. SHOW ME. And I am sick and tired of rushed romantic relationships. "Because MaGiC" does not constitute a valid reason for two people to fall in love. And the
Strike one: The contradictory nature of the narrative. Mallory spends all her time learning how to be a good fighter but when she's faced with daimons that she has spent her life learning how to fight, she's useless. Regardless, her aunt speaks about wanting to use her as a killer...of what? Ants? Because I don't think she can kill anything else. Mallory calls her father "Daddy" most of the time but then all of a sudden switches to calling him Adam. It's jarring and conflicting with her
The idea was a good one. The plot and the cast of characters was original and started out to be an entertaining story.. Then it all seemed to go to pieces and became so unbelievable that even I couldn't suspend belief. Trust me, I'm pretty good at suspending belief too... I'm an YA Audiobook Junkie. I try to keep it light when I'm listening to books because traffic usually incites an image of the Incredible Hulk driving a Honda (which happens to be green) down the road. So to play it cool
4.5 StarsThis was a deliciously dark, magic filled tale of daimons and witches, and their hatred of each other. In Carnival of Souls, we have three POVs: Mallory, Kaleb and Aya. Seventeen year old Mallory craves normal. She moves from town to town, always the new girl in school. She never has a chance to make close friends, or have a boyfriend, for that matter. This is because her adoptive father, Adam, is a witch on the run. He took something from the daimons long ago, and they want it back.
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