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Blog Tour / Review: Show Stealer by Hayley Barker

Posted August 20, 2018 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: Show Stealer by Hayley Barker

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Show Stealer by Hayley Barker Series: Show Stopper #2 Published by Scholastic on August 2, 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 400 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Hoshiko and Ben have been on the run since they burned Silvio Sabatini’s circus down to the ground at the explosive finale of SHOW STOPPER. But Ben’s mother will stop at nothing to track him down and get her revenge: backing him into a corner where he is forced to sacrifice himself to save Hoshiko. The deadliest show on earth has been resurrected and if Ben thought he’d seen into its dark corners as an outsider, the true extent of the horrors that lurk beneath the Big Top are about to be revealed as he becomes the circus’ new star attraction… So I am still reeling from reading Show Stealer a week on! I thought that Show Stopper was amazing but […]

Review: Show Stopper by Hayley Barker

Posted June 1, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: Show Stopper by Hayley Barker

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Show Stopper by Hayley Barker Series: Show Stopper #1 Published by Scholastic on June 1st 2017 Genres: Dystopia, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 400 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Set in a near-future England where the poorest people in the land are forced to sell their children to a travelling circus – to perform at the mercy of hungry lions, sabotaged high wires and a demonic ringmaster. The ruling class visit the circus as an escape from their structured, high-achieving lives – pure entertainment with a bloodthirsty edge. Ben, the teenage son of a draconian government minister, visits the circus for the first time and falls instantly in love with Hoshiko, a young performer. They come from harshly different worlds – but must join together to escape the circus and put an end to its brutal sport. If you are after something a bit like Caravel (if you want […]