Miraculum by Steph Post Published by Polis Books on January 22, 2019
Pages: 320
Genres: Southern Gothic/Country Noir, Historical Fiction
Format: Hardcover
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository
Goodreads
Also by this author: Lightwood
The year is 1922. The carnival is Pontilliar’s Spectactular Star Light Miraculum, set up on the Texas-Louisiana border. One blazing summer night, a mysterious stranger steps out onto the midway, lights a cigarette and forever changes the world around him. Tattooed snake charmer Ruby has traveled with her father’s carnival for most of her life and, jaded though she is, can’t help but be drawn to the tall man in the immaculate black suit who has joined the carnival as a geek, a man who bites the heads off live chickens. Mercurial and charismatic, Daniel charms everyone he encounters but his manipulation of Ruby becomes complicated when it no longer becomes clear who is holding all the cards. For all of Daniel’s secrets, Ruby has a few of her own. When one tragedy after another strikes the carnival, and it becomes clear that Daniel is somehow at the center of calamity, Ruby takes it upon herself to discover the mystery of the shadowy man pulling all the strings. Joined by Hayden, a roughneck-turned-mural-painter who has recently reentered her life, Ruby enters into a dangerous, eye-opening game with Daniel in which nothing and no one is as it seems and yet everything is at stake.
About Steph Post
You should all know by now that I’m nuts for Southern Gothic books but Southern Gothic fantasy was not a thing I knew I needed until now. 😍
What are you waiting on this Wednesday?
Whoa this sounds crazy! I’m definitely adding it to the list. Not sure about the “biting heads off chickens” part though 😉
Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday [311] – WHEN THE SKY FELL ON SPLENDOR by Emily Henry
hahaha All I could think was he must be related to Ozzy.
Bonnie recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – Miraculum by Steph Post
So you pretty much had me at “Southern Gothic” and “dark.” Definitely adding this one to the wishlist!