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Spectacle Vol. 1 by Megan Rose Gedris
4.0

I received an ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Just stand here for ten minutes to say I did, and then I can go read my book.

This story is about twin sisters who work in a circus together, and there's so much to unpack. One of the twins, Anna, pretends to read fortunes but it's all a lie - she doesn't really believe in anything supernatural, and in fact, she prefers logic, and a statistics machine that she built herself. Then her twin is murdered, and suddenly she can see ghosts, including her own twin's ghost.

Volume One is clearly a beginning of the story, but it was enough to get me intrigued. There are many open questions, such as what Kat is hiding, or what happened to the two girls before they ended up at the circus. I loved the relationship between Anna and Kat, and I also loved the way the other ghosts helped Anna.

The art was unique, and this was a pretty funny, magical read with circus-y events and supernatural happenings.

Also, I'm pretty sure Kat is queer, which... on one hand, she's dead, but on the other hand, she's a pretty major character and also a ghost, so she's not really gone? I'm curious to see what happens next.