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Carnival (Carnival #1)

K.B. Nelson

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Jun 18, 2014 Lesley rated it really liked it

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Charlie is supposed to be leaving for college with her best friend, but she's still dealing with the aftershocks of her parent's divorce and isn't sure what she wants for her future. All she knows is she doesn't want to go to college right now and that she doesn't want to get back together with her long time boyfriend Dylan.

On a whim, she takes a solo adventure to the local county fair, where she meets a boy with the most beautiful eyes she's ever seen. Everything about him is exciting and intr Charlie is supposed to be leaving for college with her best friend, but she's still dealing with the aftershocks of her parent's divorce and isn't sure what she wants for her future. All she knows is she doesn't want to go to college right now and that she doesn't want to get back together with her long time boyfriend Dylan.

On a whim, she takes a solo adventure to the local county fair, where she meets a boy with the most beautiful eyes she's ever seen. Everything about him is exciting and intriguing, even his name, Blue. She realizes that he's a carnie, a gypsy, someone that will probably never settle down, yet she can't help her attraction to him and does something completely against her standard behavior and sleeps with him.
Blue has traveled with his dad and the carnival for several years but finds himself wanting to stick around for the first time ever if it means being with Charlie. His cousin and uncle live in town and he decides to stay with them for awhile instead of following the carnival. And what a small world because Blue's cousin is the best friend of Dylan.

The turmoil that Charlie and Blue face as their relationship progresses is just like a wild carnival ride. The question is will their relationship be strong enough to ride out the highs and lows or will it spin out of their control.

KB Nelson did a great job in writing this debut book. I felt like I really got to know Blue and Charlie because of the chapter's alternating from one's point of view to the other and despite their unusual meeting and resulting feelings for each other, I really was rooting for them. I wasn't a huge fan of the heavy drinking and drug use that was prevalent throughout most of the book, but I do recognize that it probably would have been a whole other book had it not been a part of their story. There were definitely a few twists that I was not expecting so it made for a very interesting book and I could not put the book down, because I just had to keep going to see what was going to happen next. KB Nelson has 2 more books in the works for the Carnival series and I can't wait to see where the next rides take us.

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