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The Carny

Brooke Moss

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Feb 06, 2012 Cecilia Robert rated it it was amazing

Shelves: june-2012, multicultural

A kiss is just a kiss--- or is it? How powerful/memorable is a kiss? Good enough to last a few seconds, an hour, ten years...

Charlotte Davenport and Vincent Youngblood story begins with a kiss when she and her two friends visit the local carnival. The first time she meets Vincent (Vin) and the last time she sees him until ten years later.
Seasons change, and since the story is written in Charlotte's POV, we see what she went through in the last six months. Then the carnival rolls back to town,and ...more

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Jun 16, 2012 Aubrie Dionne rated it it was amazing

Charlotte Davenport has an unforgettable kiss one night when she’s standing in line at the carnival: a kiss that will rival every other kiss she’ll have for the next ten years. The mysterious and darkly exquisite Native American boy named Vincent Youngblood disappears soon after, leaving her craving more.

Years later, after being left at the altar, she’s back at the carnival, and so is the mysterious man of her dreams. More gorgeous than before, he’s excited to see her, and all she has to do is s ...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Pavarti Tyler rated it it was amazing

Shelves: porn, for-review

DISCLAIMER: I received an ARC of this book as a part of the author’s promotional blog tour.

The Carny is a delightful read. Super fun, fast and well written. The dialogue flows easily and funny and the characters are familiar. The Carny is a sweet read that makes you fall in love with the possibility that men like Vincent Youngblood could possibly exist. He’s funny, charming, handsome and totally climbable. Through the whole book I wanted to just vault up him like a rope ladder.

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Aug 01, 2012 Mindy rated it really liked it

Shelves: dream-reader-dreamer2229-blo

Everyone knows that one mean girl that your friends with because of your parents or another friend or a relative (or they are a relative) and you don’t really like them, but you put up with them anyway. Well, Charlotte the proverbial good girl, has that friend, who also happens to be the “easy” girl of their high school. While at the carnival at the town’s local crab festival during their senior year in High School, this friend attempts to humiliate Charlotte by making fun of the fact that Char Everyone knows that one mean girl that your friends with because of your parents or another friend or a relative (or they are a relative) and you don’t really like them, but you put up with them anyway. Well, Charlotte the proverbial good girl, has that friend, who also happens to be the “easy” girl of their high school. While at the carnival at the town’s local crab festival during their senior year in High School, this friend attempts to humiliate Charlotte by making fun of the fact that Charlotte hasn’t had a boyfriend of any significance. The ‘carney,’ boy working the ride they are planning to get on comes to her rescue claiming to have been her boyfriend. Then he kisses her once and vanishes.

Fast forward ten years, Charlotte was dumped at the altar, is living back at home with her neurotic and vacuous mother and self-absorbed womanizing father, working for the family business in a job she hates, and generally being everyone’s doormat. Still, every year she goes to the carnival and looks for the boy who gave her the spine-tingling kiss against which she finds all other men wanting; and even better, he has thought of her too and wants to get to know her.

And that’s just in the first chapter. This book was fabulous! (and I don’t use exclamation points randomly) This book was a wonderful tale of two people who tried to do what was right for everyone else to the point that they almost missed out on what was right for them. Luckily, that chance second meeting gave them both something they had been missing. This book was so engrossing that I didn’t even notice that it was 2:00 am before I finished, but I just couldn’t put it down. And when I did put it down it was with a happy sigh. Not that their weren’t issues… let’s just leave both their families out of it.

I give this book 5 out of 5 clouds. I can’t wait to read more from this author. My feel good moment of the day.

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Jun 24, 2012 Cyle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, contemporary

GENRE: Contemporary
THEME: Romance/Family Drama
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REVIEW:
First off this book in every way is one of my favorite romance books that I’ve read all year. After I finished reading it I immediately went back and read a couple of pages over that I loved, especially the epilogue which was fantastic. The Carny is about two people who have a love that is undeniable but many obstacles stand in their way especially their unstable families. Brooke GENRE: Contemporary
THEME: Romance/Family Drama
RECEIVED: Review for Tour
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REVIEW:
First off this book in every way is one of my favorite romance books that I’ve read all year. After I finished reading it I immediately went back and read a couple of pages over that I loved, especially the epilogue which was fantastic. The Carny is about two people who have a love that is undeniable but many obstacles stand in their way especially their unstable families. Brooke Moss wrote a book that I will read over and over again.

The Carny follows Charlotte; she is one of three daughters to the very wealth Davenport family. While in high school a young Charlotte falls for a boy who works at the carnival, whom kisses her and then disappears. Ten years go by and after looking for him each year the carnival comes, Charlotte is about to give up on her young crush. But one day the carnival comes back in town and the boy, now a very good looking man is finally there. His name is Vin and he too has been hoping to meet Charlotte again. Thus begins a story about the love of two people and how together they must overcome their past fears to be together.

Charlotte is a girl who is shy but so smart and determined to make everyone else around her happy but herself. But once she meets Vin again he fills that void she’s always needed and becomes a stronger person. I really enjoyed watching Charlotte grow, she goes through a lot of heart ache, a lot to do with her family but in the end it makes her a more independent woman. Even though her family frustrated me to death because they couldn’t see that they weren’t the most important people in the world, I really enjoyed every scene, bad and good, they all were in. I loved how Charlotte stood out and was so loving and accepting to everyone even though she had money.

Vin, the carny and young crush all grown up. He comes from a Native American background and in every way makes a girl’s heart beat a little faster. I loved how bold he was as a young teen, no matter his background he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. His compassion and adoration for Charlotte is sweet and absolutely perfect. He too has suffered like she has, but in such a different way. In a way they both heal each other from the damages of their families. The chemistry of these two was amazing and though they had their ups and downs that frustrated me, I loved every minute of them together.

Overall this is one of my favorite love stories, it has everything you need: family, drama, challenges, romance, and growth for each character. And even though this is a romance story it does focus on both characters families, who each are struggling with something. I can’t say enough how much I enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to share this book with others. The characters are unforgettable; there is humor that will definitely put a smile on the readers face, and of course the romance.

RECOMMENDATION:
This is an adult novel with some mature content and lots of family drama. Fans of one of my other favorite romance books Beautiful Disaster by Jaime McGuire and Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles should read The Carny Brooke Moss.
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Jul 14, 2012 Laurie Treacy rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012

The Carny is like a modern day telling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. When we first meet Charlotte at a carnival one summer evening, she is in the midst of being humiliated by her supposed mean girl friend while on line for a ride. Charlotte's humiliation? Had she been kissed or not? Trying to hedge the question, she is aided by the carny collecting tickets. This good looking, sweet young guy saves Charlotte from being the talk of her high school by giving her what she didn't want to admit she's n The Carny is like a modern day telling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. When we first meet Charlotte at a carnival one summer evening, she is in the midst of being humiliated by her supposed mean girl friend while on line for a ride. Charlotte's humiliation? Had she been kissed or not? Trying to hedge the question, she is aided by the carny collecting tickets. This good looking, sweet young guy saves Charlotte from being the talk of her high school by giving her what she didn't want to admit she's never had--her first kiss.

That kiss makes quite an impression on her and for ten years afterwards, she carries the feeling from that magical moment with her. When she moves back home at twenty-eight to be groomed by her father to take over his hotel, Charlotte still finds herself attending the annual town Crab Festival in hopes of running into Vin. This year she could really use something good in her life, especially after being dumped at the altar by her cheating ex-boyfriend, Lance. When her wish comes true and she hears Vin say her name out loud, Charlotte becomes her teen self again momentarily. Could her desire to rekindle that one night spark become something lasting?

Brooke Moss has written a contemporary romance with wit, honesty, unique characters, and added lots of spirit and a heaping of heart in The Carny. Charlotte is the equivalent of the black sheep of her family--she's the total opposite of her skinny, blond mother and older sisters. Unlike her siblings, she is not married, childless, and moved back home when her mother threatened to jump off a bridge. To say the Davenport family has problems is putting it mildly, and Charlotte has to let go of her childish hang-ups and learn to trust if she is to have a chance with Vin. Her family doesn't want want her dating a Native American Indian, especially one who's a carny. But love does conquer all--sometimes it just takes clearing a bunch of hurdles.

There were a few occasions when Charlotte told us too much about her family life and I would have preferred a scene instead. I liked her even when I wanted to scream at her. She was real and, like a certain Anne Elliot, had to stand up for herself and her heart. Vin was very worthy of my swooning over him. He accepts Charlotte for who she is, no matter what. Brooke Moss may not write the cookie cutter stories we find so easily available on the market and that's fine with this reader. For outstanding storytelling featuring unique characters like I found in The Carny, I'll stick with this author to entertain me while pulling on my heartstrings. Another book to take on vacation! ...more

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