Scarlett Dragna is about to get married to a man she's never met when she receives special tickets to Caraval - a magical carnival she's been obsessed with since she was small. When her little sister Donatella tricks her into taking up the offer, Scarlett ends up in a strange, magical game where Tella has gone missing and she needs to find her before its too late.

This was just as magical as I thought it would be and I really fell in love with the world of Caraval. It was extremely unique and despite having read The Night Circus, which follows a similar theme, the book are very different in both their moods and plots. It took me a while to warm up to Scarlett - for reasons which are easy to understand, she's a bit stiff and afraid of letting go but gradually her strength and fortitude won me over and I began to really root her on. I enjoyed her tenuous friendship with Julian, though he himself intrigued me so I was eager to see who he really was by the end of the book. I liked that the book ended up with some mystery still intact and it seems like the next book is going to be just as great. I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 just because I didn't fall in love with it quite as much as I thought it was but it was still a great, imaginative and magical read.