Reviews

The Carousel by J.A. Stone, Juliana Stone

opalthegembookreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

sweetiepie54's review

4.0

**3.5 Stars**

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

I am familiar with Juliana Stone from her romances so I was interested in this release as it is different from her other books. This is more about coming to terms with your past and the complexity of familial relationships. It did take me awhile to get into the story and I actually prefer the latter half of the book to the first half. There is a lot of set-up and the pacing is a bit slower in the beginning, but as the book progresses you start to learn more about the secrets, events and people that were alluded to in the first half of the book and I liked the payoff. I wasn't really a fan of Prue's daughter Daisy, but I liked the other main characters, especially Prue's dad. He's a secondary character, but he just hit me in the heart.

All in all, while I wish the story was a little bit tighter (and less wordy), this was a good read for me.