Review - Inhuman Behavior by Faith Ryan

 

Title: Inhuman Behavior
Author: Faith Ryan
Series: Carnaval des Ténèbres #4
Pages: 136
Release Date: June 15^th 2020
Format: Kindle
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Synopsis: Animal. Pet. Dog. Freak.

Entertainment.

That’s all I’ll ever be to those outside of Carnaval des Ténèbres.
So I perform for them.
I fetch, roll over, and stay.
I fulfill their demented need to see me as an animal, as something beneath them. But underneath the hair, I’m just a man.
A human being with human needs and emotions.

Now I’m trapped in a cage.
He’s taken me away from the only family I’ve ever known and if I ever want to see them again, I need to play the part.

I’ll be his pet.
I’ll play his games.
I’ll be the best damn show dog in the world.
I just pray I still have my humanity when it’s all over.
 
My Review: Inhuman Behavior is the forth book in the Carnaval des Ténèbres, this story is about Wren the Dog Boy and Uri.
 
Uri sees Wren perform at the Carnaval and wants him as a gift for his wife so he kidnaps Wren and treats him just like a dog, he is kept in a cage and made to drink and eat from a dog bowl and then made to play fetch.

Uri has every intension of giving Wren to his wife but he wants to train Wren first and now Wren is in a strange world and is made to play along with Uri’s requests in the hopes that he will eventually be able to escape.
 
However Wren discovers the truth about Uri’s wife and everything changes and Wren likes his new life with Uri, he likes it so much that he returns to the Carnaval with Uri.
 
Currently Reading: Dreamland by Alyson Noel
Read in 2020: 35/35

Review - Mutatus by Ally Vance

 

Title: Mutatus
Author: Ally Vance
Series: Carnaval des Ténèbres #3
Release Date: June 8^th 2020
Format: Kindle
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Synopsis: Family. Friends. Freaks.

I'm a little person, but more than that I'm a fairy. It’s not by birth, or by choice. These people who surround me every day accept me for who I am, and what I was transformed into. Yet, none of them truly understand the weight I'm carrying on my breaking body.
I'm running from a past that's riddled with pain. It haunts me. Every single day, every time I look in the mirror, it feels like he's there too, looking over my shoulder.
I was born a freak. He turned me into a monster.
 
My Review: I was so excited to read Maia’s story from the get go. Maia had spent her life in pain in one way or another and I felt sorry for her. Maia was born a little person and her parents gave her to an evil man.
 
Maia put her trust into the wrong person, he ended up causing her so much pain by turning her into his own little Thumbelina, luckily for Maia she managed to run away and found a place at the Carnaval de Ténèbres for several years amongst other freaks until her nightmare came true and the evil man who turned her into his own little fairy found her and took her hostage.
 
Maia was so kind for someone who had been through what she had been through. Each and every time she performed she was in pain and she used this pain to overcome what happened to her and to help the other freaks.
 
This story would have been rated higher but Vance killed Maia off in the end, I really loved Maia and she was my favourite freak.
 
Currently Reading: Dreamland by Alyson Noel
Read in 2020: 35/35

Review - Malus by Jason Hes

Title: Malus
Author: Jason Hes
Series: Carnaval des Ténèbres #2
Pages: 224
Release Date: June 1st 2020
Format: Kindle
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Synopsis: BEAU
I hate the Carnaval. The freaks and wide-eyed visitors make my flesh crawl. They are lower than my brother and I. We are gods amongst monsters. As they say, two heads are better than one. Everyone else is dirt. But Nox is all that matters. He’s not just an extension of myself. He is more than flesh and blood. To me, he’s all I need. The only man I’ve ever loved. And if anyone dares hurt my brother… I’ll make the whole world bleed.

NOX
The Carnaval is my home. These are my people. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be than with the troupe and Beau right beside me. The two of us spent years aching to see the world, and now we live the dream every day. Almost. What will it take to truly win over a Beauty? And what lengths am I prepared to go to in order to make sure she stays by our side?

MINERVA
Elysium is in sight. So close I can almost taste it. The two-faced god is the gateway to our true home. He will take us there, that much I’ll make sure of. Even if it means spilling the blood of a thousand pathetic mortals, which I’ll do with a grin upon my face.

My Review: Malus is the second book in the Carnaval des Ténèbres series, it follows Beau and Nox who may share the same body but they are complete opposites, one is happy at the Carnaval the other hates being there and Minerva is just pure crazy and because Beau and Nox are complete opposites it helps with the stories conflict.

Minerva believes she has been told by unseen Gods that the twins are a God named Janus and they are key to helping her and the other Gods to open a portal so that they can return to Elysium.

While trying to get the twins Minerva has the twins kicked out of the carnaval for something that they never did so she can manipulate them to go with her.

Currently Reading: Dreamland by Alyson Noel

Read in 2020: 35/35