Blood circus takes place towards the end of the 21st century and humanity is threatened by climate change and famine. But, as humanity is at the brink of extinction, the Klujns, a barbaric humanoid species is discovered.  Their claws and bones surprisingly fertilize baren soil and their meat is a super protein. When it comes to the Klujns, they are the saving grace for humanity, but just at the same time, they are humanities natural born enemies. In Blood circus, we meet Ava, a 16 year old who just finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, which results in her being kidnapped by the klujns. The Klujns have other human hostages and for their entertainment and pleasure, they make the humans compete to the death. As Ava competes, she starts to question everything she knows and have been taught about the Klujns.

I received Blood circus as an arc via Netgalley and I actually started the e-arc on my kindle, but as I got a few pages in, I found myself having a hard time to get into the story and found it boring. 

I decided to put the down for a bit and keep my eye out for the audiobook on Libby. It is now March and I finally listened to this book. I'm actually glad that I picked it up on audio because I would have struggled so much more if I read it physically. I even was wishing for the audiobook to just end. 

I feel like this book was all over the place and a bit of a Hunger Gaines want to be. The characters fell flat too and I could never connect with this book.