Pantomime By Laura Lam

Pantomime By Laura Lam

I thought this book was beautifully written. Each chapter alternates between being narrated by Gene and Micah.

Gene is the daughter of a noble family and forced into dresses and situations that make her immensely uncomfortable by her overpowering mother. All she wants to do is go out with her brother, Cyril and his best friend Oswald. But it becomes harder and harder for her to do so with the debutante ball coming up.

Micah is a young boy who has run away from his troubles to join the circus. He is captivated by the magic of R.H Ragona's Circus of Magic and makes it his dream to join, although they are not as accepting as he hoped they would be.

The book follows both their stories as they find themselves and come to terms with themselves and the events going on around them. Both have brave stories and are immensely brave characters who have a lot to deal with.
I enjoyed the soft romances that followed them both without being a main story line and stealing the lime light from the actual story.

When the link between the two characters is revealed it made me even more determined to read the book to the end, (I won't spoil it!) but it was an amazing twist that I wouldn't have thought would be in this type of story.

I think that maybe the end of the book could have been a little bit more dragged out, because everything seemed to happen at once, although that did make it more exciting.
Also I would have liked a little bit more background knowledge about the Penglass so that I could understand more about what Gene experienced with it.

I would recommend this book to people who enjoy young adult books without all the vampires, werewolves and fairy aspects. It really is a book that holds your attention and makes you think about how people who are different from others really feel.