Flesh Circus

Today’s post is on Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow. It is 336 pages long and is published by Orbit. The cover has Jill in it looking ready for trouble. As it is the fourth in the series, you need to have read the first three volumes to understand the story. There is foul language, no sex, and violence in this volume. The intended reader is someone who likes gritty urban fantasy. The story is told from first person close of the main character, Jill. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- The Cirque de Charnu has come.

They will clean out the demons and the suicides, and move on. As long as they stay within the rules, Jill Kismet can't deny them entry. But she can watch -- and if they step out of line, she'll send them packing.

When Cirque performers start dying grotesquely, Kismet has to find out why, or the fragile truce won't hold and her entire city will become a carnival of horror. She also has to play the resident hellbreed power against the Cirque to keep them in line, and find out why ordinary people are needing exorcisms. And then there's the murdered voodoo practitioners, and the zombies.

An ancient vengeance is about to be enacted. The Cirque is about to explode. And Jill Kismet is about to find out some games are played for keeps. . . 

Review- A good volume in the series but not the best. The Cirque de Charnu has come to town and Jill has to protect them and the city from them. In the past a hunter from her line made a deal with the Cirque that for one week they could come and set up for business. And business is getting people’s souls. But when someone who has a grudge against the Cirque starts killing performers, Jill has her hands full. I liked the overall plot of the Cirque and the history of Jill’s line of hunters but the story was bogged down by the drama between Jill and Saul. I think that this book is more about setting up for a future book with the history we learn but I wanted more than we got. That said I did like it, it was a solid entry in the series, and I look forward to seeing where Jill and Saul are going next. 

I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this series with my own money.