I'm really torn by this book. On the one hand, the overall idea is great and a lot of the book sets up for some brilliant intrigue and reveals. But on the other it just... falls flat. It feels amateurish and lacking. It feels stuck between being a middle grade fantasy and trying to be a ya mystery and in the end it's neither. It's a weird mix-mash that doesn't quite work. It just felt like it could be expanded more and honestly, I feel the flashbacks with Frances' story ruined it a bit, I felt like I was being told and it took too long to reach the point and the resolution didn't quite fit for me.

It wasn't bad, but it's not something I'd be recommending. I love circuses and egyptology, so I really could've been raving about it