**You can see this full review and more at Book Briefs: https://bookbriefs.net**Freeks is a young adult paranormal by Amanda Hocking. I have read a few books in the past by Amanda and I have really enjoyed them so when I saw a book about a traveling circus and weird occurrences they face in one of the towns they stop in, I was super excited. While I don't think I enjoyed this book as much as I did some of Amanda's other works, I did enjoy the story in Freeks. It is a book, that even though it clocks in at 400 pages, I easily read in just a few hours. It is a very easy and quick read. While Freeks was a good read, and one that I did enjoy, it didn't make me fall head over heels in love.

Freeks follows Mara who is the daughter of a prominent psychic (yes, I know she is really a necromancer, but the circus features her as a fortune teller.) Mara has grown up in the troupe of people that make up the traveling circus and everyone around her has some kind of supernatural power. Everyone except Mara. I liked that the entirety of Freeks takes place in one town, over the course of one week. That short time frame helped lend itself to the brisk pace of the story. There is also a romance in Freeks that ties in nicely to the town and the mystery, but personally I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story more than the romance aspect. It wasn't that I didn't like the love interest, Gabe. I did. Gabe is perfectly nice and I think a good match for Mara. But the romance just didn't grab me like the mystery did. I was much more interested in finding out what was attacking the performers, and what was messing with their powers.

Bottom line: Freeks is fun, quick read. Fans of paranormal romances that like to be able to read their books in one shot will enjoy Freeks. It almost reminded me of an episode of Goosebumps or of The Midnight Society (which was better than Goosebumps in my personal opinion). The mystery was pretty cool, and was my favorite part of the storyline. Overall, Freeks is a solid read. One that I enjoyed, but I do think some of Amanda's other books were more captivating.

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