The novel’s massive network of connections-tactile and ethereal, physical and mystical-makes for a luxurious reading experience, like a rich tapestry. As she searches for answers, Lara is drawn into a web of secrets and magic that leads her to Cecile’s journals and beyond, as she uncovers a dark curse stretching back generations. In the 2000s, Lara, a descendant of that same family, prepares for her wedding day and is shaken to her core when her fiancé goes missing. A love affair might set her free but could also cost her everything. In the 1920s, a woman named Cecile is part of a wondrous family circus with a magical secret. Sayers’ second novel (after 2020’s A Witch in Time) unfolds through two narratives, eight decades apart. In The Ladies of the Secret Circus, Constance Sayers proves she can walk that line with grace and power. When a story is set in an invented universe, the line its author must walk is a bit more treacherous than when a tale is set in a recognizable “real” world.
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