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Caraval Boxed Set

Caraval Boxed Set

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  • Create Date：2021-06-21 05:51:06
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Stephanie Garber
  • ISBN：1250225450
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Summary

The hardcover box set （3 books） of the #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series！

All three books in the New York Times bestselling Caraval series are now available together in a beautiful hardcover boxed set。

Welcome， welcome to the world of Caraval—Stephanie Garber's sweeping tale of the unbreakable bond between two sisters and the game that is more than what it seems。。。

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Reviews

Gabriella Dolor ，

my favourite series of all time and these three books will forever hold a special place in my heart。

Livia ，

Wow。 This book series was so amazing and I definitely recommend。 I mean the plot twists were absolutely astounding。 And the entire time I was reading about the world， I felt as if I was surrounded by magic。 This book has amazing characters and relationships and it gives you a surreal feeling the entire time that you are reading。 I definitely recommend if you want a unique book series to read！

Grace ，

This series is a perfect example of world building in a trilogy。 Caraval introduces us to the two main characters， Scarlett and Tella， and throws us into the world of Caraval and magic。 While I found the story a bit confusing with all the layers of deception， it set up the next two books well。 I love the Fates and the mythology， and of the three books Finale was my favorite。 It explained itself the best， especially compared to Caraval。 Tella is by far my favorite character。 She is so smart and s This series is a perfect example of world building in a trilogy。 Caraval introduces us to the two main characters， Scarlett and Tella， and throws us into the world of Caraval and magic。 While I found the story a bit confusing with all the layers of deception， it set up the next two books well。 I love the Fates and the mythology， and of the three books Finale was my favorite。 It explained itself the best， especially compared to Caraval。 Tella is by far my favorite character。 She is so smart and strong， and I wish we got to see more of that in Caraval and not just in Legendary and Finale。 I also wish she got a bit more development， since I felt Scarlett got a lot more。 I loved Scarlett's development and watching her become more self confident。 However， I did not love her relationship with Julian。 I found it bordering toxic。 In fact， none of the relationships were exactly healthy， but that was at least addressed in Tella's case。 。。。more

Spring woodhouse ，

HotPassionateDramaticBeautiful menAmazing storyMagicEverything you need is in this book series。 Not bad at all ！

Natalia ，

The world of caraval Is a mesmerizing world full of magic， strong characters in different ways and amazing "true ending"。 The Dragna sisters are a force to be reckoned with！ The world of caraval Is a mesmerizing world full of magic， strong characters in different ways and amazing "true ending"。 The Dragna sisters are a force to be reckoned with！ 。。。more

Alexandra I ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This trilogy is great for a YA Fantasy。 The characters were well thought out and developed and the author’s style of YA writing kept me engaged。 I usually don’t love multiple perspectives， but that aspect of her writing was done very well in my opinion。 It was captivating and original， but the ending seemed abrupt and was a bit unsatisfying for me。 WHAT happened to Jacks？？ Where did he go？！？REREAD: got updated on the Jacks storyline with OUABH lol

Elka ，

I'm obsessed I'm obsessed 。。。more

Sarah S。Azizi ，

I think this series had a great magical vibeAnd it was written creatively but I didn’t enjoy the romance，the characters were not deep enough，things were not logical and it was a problematic but creative story。

Kayla ，

Magical & wonderful。

Crista ，

I loved this series。 It was an emotional rollercoaster right till the very end。 My heart broke right along with the characters。 Any book that can make me feel like that is amazing in my opinion。

Steff Fox ，

| Reader Fox Blog | Have you ever done something you find yourself immensely regretting just a mere five minutes later？ That's right， folks， I just made the mistake of requesting Finale on NetGalley。 And I cannot for the life of me believe that I did it。 This is what hype does to me because 99% of the decision making behind the request came from excitement over the book posted all around the internet that didn't， in fact， belong to me。 And while， yes， I am vaguely interested in reading the l | Reader Fox Blog | Have you ever done something you find yourself immensely regretting just a mere five minutes later？ That's right， folks， I just made the mistake of requesting Finale on NetGalley。 And I cannot for the life of me believe that I did it。 This is what hype does to me because 99% of the decision making behind the request came from excitement over the book posted all around the internet that didn't， in fact， belong to me。 And while， yes， I am vaguely interested in reading the last book in this series since I always hate not knowing what happens and I have a very hard time turning away from books once I've already read another in that series， I genuinely forgot for a moment how much I hated Stephanie Garber's Caraval。 So， I'll be honest， there's probably some judgment I've earned here。 But I digress。Here's the truth; I read Caraval some months （I should probably say years） ago at the request of a friend whose recommendations have almost always managed to not work for me so much so that I'm at the point where I rarely take them at face value anymore。 It was mid-2017。 I can still remember the wind rustling like blue waves through the trees around me--Sound familiar？I don't know how this book ever got popular。 It's riddled with purple prose， so much to the point that I wouldn't be surprised if it made a great many more people than me gag at the ridiculous of it all。 And it's not simply that the book was undercoated with purple and then painted again and again until the crap was dripping all over your hands whenever you touched it， but it was also confusing as all hell。 Nearly all the descriptions given didn't make the slightest of sense and that confusing lack of any real substance spilled over like an ashen coated waterfall into the rest of the book from plot to characters。It's a genuine struggle to determine where to begin with my complaints regarding this book， but I suppose I can begin with Scarlett， a selfish and inept girl who masquerades herself through the entire novel as someone strong， protective， and caring （all for her sister， mind， who has been kidnapped by Legend and she now has to save）。 Nevermind that she spends the majority of the novel mooning over her love life， whether it's concern about the Count her father wishes her to marry or the boy she's regularly rude to and supposedly distrustful of and rarely ever makes decisions that will actually result in finding and saving her sister。 We press on through the book， however， and encounter a rather ridiculous number of easily found and deciphered clues， many of which just seem to fall into Scarlett's lap。 I suppose it was meant to be this way， manipulated for Scarlett to win--and if you've read the book， you'll know why。Now to the matter of the Count that Scarlett is engaged to and her own father; everything involving these two characters is unnecessarily gross and uncomfortable。 And while I'm not saying that there always has to be a purpose for a character to be abusive， the purpose behind the two girls' father's abusiveness is just truly ridiculous。 And his attempt to get Scarlett raped was so unnecessarily awful that I honestly can't believe more people didn't condemn this book for it。 Who honestly believes that such an act is an acceptable plot device used merely to show how much worse these characters are？ Believe me， we already knew they were despicable。And then there's that ending。 From Julian to Donatella， that ending。 It was ridiculous。 It was dumb。 It was just。。。not worth it。 I simply cannot get over the non-deaths。 The lack of any real consequences， the sheer arrogance in losing nothing after all of that。 And if everything else hadn't already ruined the book for me up to this point， this was the catch all of book destroyers。 And while I know that this is a spoiler （but it's been a few years）， I'm just going to say this: （view spoiler）[if you're going to kill off characters for shock value and to provide the main character with the dilemma of choosing between them， it really is poor form to return and say， "well， that choice didn't matter because both of them get to come back。" （hide spoiler）] It just makes the shock value you earned feel stolen。I just do not understand why people like this series。 With every additional word I read， I find myself hating it more and more。 And here's the thing， I'm convinced at this point that the author has no idea how to write a likable character。 Legendary by Stephanie Garber was just awful。 So awful， in fact， that I wish I could rate it lower than I already have。 And here's the thing; if Garber's goal was to have her readers leave the story hating her main characters， then I could probably respect it at least a little bit。 But I think it's very clear that we're supposed to adore Donatella Dragna and feel some sort of strange love/hate for her two love interests。 And I just cannot deal with the ridiculousness of it all。 I don't feel anything for these characters。 I have no desire to see them succeed nor do I care if they fail。 It could not matter less to me what happens to them。 And that， my friends， is the biggest problem that Legendary has。Following the events of Caraval， Tella hooks up with Dante--why he had to return is frustrating beyond belief because I couldn't stand him in the first novel and in fact， he's even worse in this one--at a party and then follows the Caraval performers to their next location in order to play the game herself so that she can repay the apparently evil man who helped her and Scarlett get themselves into the first game。 Unfortunately， she never managed to get his payment from before by the deadline， so now the stakes have been increased and if she does not hand over the mysterious Caraval Master by the end of the game， she will not only lose her mother but she will also lose her life。Garber's inability to get me to care about what happens to these characters comes from a number of places。 The first lies in the fact that they're all incredibly selfish--especially Tella--and we， as readers， are expected to like them for being selfish。 I don't think Garber even realizes how incredibly selfish these characters are and attempts rather poorly to masquerade the majority of them as caring individuals。 In fact， the only character who seems to give a damn about anyone but themselves is Dante and it is in the most annoying of ways。 Ironically enough， while Dante has several selfless moments he is the character eventually pinned down as the most selfish and uncaring。 Tella， in fact， is so utterly stupid that she questions whether or not he cares for her simply because， at one point， he runs off and this is in spite of the fact that he saves her life multiple times throughout the course of the novel。 Not only is Tella selfish and stupid， but she is also unnecessarily dramatic on almost every damn page of the book， often over the most idiotic of things。The love interests in this story are absolutely ridiculous， largely because they are all representative of deeply unhealthy relationships。 Jacks is stereotypical abusive， so I suppose its a good thing that Tella doesn't actually love him， but the fact that he is presented as a potential suitor is incredibly frustrating。 I also find the entire plot surrounding who he is， why he kisses Tella， and what that kiss ultimately results in at the end are thoroughly ridiculous and unrealistic。 Dante is shrouded in secrecy for no reason because it's incredibly easy for readers to figure out all of his secrets。 He gets annoyed with Tella for no reason and then decides to knowingly put her in danger， which he later regrets all because he cares about her。 Ironically， when he and Tella discuss this， her thoughts turn immediately to the fact that she would have reciprocated his actions had the situation been reversed。 It's good to know that， when they are feeling annoyed with each other， they'll go out of their way to put the other one in danger。 Of course， it is when Tella knowingly throws herself into risky situations all with the express purpose of angering him that Dante apparently falls in love with her。 I just。。。how is this okay？To add to all of this buffoonery， I've read two books in this world now， both focused on the main characters playing Caraval， and I still don't have the faintest idea as to how or what， even， the damn game actually is？ The clues are nonsense and at the end of the day all of the answers simply fall into the laps of the main characters despite the fact that they just run around literally doing nothing for the entire bloody novel。 And don't even get me started on the absolute ridiculousness that was the vapidly stupid plot twist behind Scarlett's fiancée from the previous book。 I rolled my eyes so hard I think I'm going to have a hard time seeing for the next week and a half。And Legend's identity？ Yeah， I saw that coming a mile away。 The magic in the novel makes absolutely no sense， which ultimately leaves me feeling as though the main plot was entirely useless。 There's so much riding on the fact that the fates are bad and must not be released from their card prisons and while everyone seems to understand this， the character with the most to lose doesn't seem to care。 In fact， this character who is supposed to be quite intelligent doesn't even pause for a second to consider other options？ The idiocy of the characters who are supposed to be smart just astounds me sometimes。 I'm sorry， but an author cannot simply tell me that their character is smart and expect me to believe this nonsense when everything written shows me the exact opposite。At this point， I'm fairly certain that nothing will really ever alleviate the vast amount of confusion I have as to why and how this book ever gained the level of popularity that it did。A part of me， a very small part， wanted to be a little generous and give this book two stars。 I very nearly did， initially， as credit is deserved when credit is due and Finale definitely improved over the disasters that the first two novels were。 Unfortunately， when I look back at all my notes while reading this novel， it becomes pretty clear that despite improvements， this book retains a great number of the problems that arose in previous novels of the series。 And while the villain of this particular novel was a nice change of pace from the prior books， various decisions that Garber made on his end were incredibly ridiculous， predictable， and even manipulative on her end。 Ultimately， I am still left wondering what on earth possesses Garber to believe that I， as a reader， should have any sort of positive feeling toward a single one of these characters。 It all comes down to， I think， the image that Garber has in her head and the poor portrayal of the characters。 She tells us regularly who each of these characters are and then proceeds to write them in a manner that does not match those previous statements。Lets begin with the characters; they're all generally awful people。 Not a single one， literally aside from Legend who is purported as one of the most selfish， comes across as unselfish。 Scarlet is selfish， Julian is selfish， and Tella is the most selfish。 Worse， she is petty to the point of instantly hating another woman for simply being pretty and knowing Legend somewhat intimately。 Yet， somehow I am supposed to believe that these characters are loving and self-sacrificing。 They're just not。 Of all the characters， ironically the only one I could ever bring myself to like a tiny amount， surprisingly enough as I hated him in the past two novels， was Legend if only for his few moments of sacrifice。 And then the single moment where I actually felt anything for what was happening in this novel came from a heart-wrenching moment with a dog who really never deserved to be made part of the disaster that is the lives of these characters。The men in this story are disturbingly predatory in a great many ways and fortunately Garber does call this behavior out as problematic。 But even so， there was a moment within the story in which one of the characters is forced， unknowingly， into doing something that she would never willingly do and then later made to feel bad for hurting the character who'd forced her out of a desire to reverse it， though reversal was impossible。 This entire side plot made me extremely uncomfortable and made the implication that one should feel bad for hurting the person who took away your ability to consent。And， to cherry top the novel is the inclusion of not one but two ridiculous love triangles。 The love triangles only exist to further show the selfishness of the main characters， though I suppose Garber's desire for them was to make readers doubt and guess at her ultimate goal for the ships。 It doesn't work， of course， and predicting the relationship outcome for the novel takes no time or work at all。 Not only do we already know who both Tella and Scarlett will end up with， but we spend a ridiculous amount of time on Tella's runabout between the two immortal men in her life who supposedly only want to possess her。 Tella regularly questions which man actually "loves" her， despite the answer being painstakingly obvious in every way aside from the character in question actually making the statement， "I love you。" Scarlett's love triangle is blessedly short-lived in comparison， though it lasted much longer than necessary and also served as a plot point to further the rest of the story。 It was all rather painful to read。The main villain of the story had potential。 In fact， it was the work that went into the fates that made me almost appreciate the story。 They were interesting and， had the main characters been better， might have served for decent adversaries。 But not only were all their efforts to defeat these villains somewhat paltry and silly， following the previous novels by having everything relevant simply land in the laps of the characters trying to defeat the monsters the fates were， the moment in which they finally win was incredibly anti-climactic。 Add in the fact that Garber goes as far as she can to make us feel bad for the villain as he's defeated and I was left more annoyed than before。 The backstory of the villain doesn't make me care about him， though it is made clear that Garber wants me to care。 It was a poor attempt at manipulating the emotions of her readers and later resulted in one of the | Instagram | Twitter | Reader Fox Blog | Bloglovin’ | Facebook 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Kira Simion ，

-The first book was wonderful because it shows the magic in Caraval and the twist was fun， though kind of rushed， fun nonetheless。-The second book was nice because it was entertaining。 I’ve been in a reading slump and still read it pretty quickly。 I don’t remember much of the specifics of it， but I enjoyed the adventure。-The finale was magical because it tried to expand on characters and vilains。 It was rushed and I wish there were more pages for the villains because they need their own stories， -The first book was wonderful because it shows the magic in Caraval and the twist was fun， though kind of rushed， fun nonetheless。-The second book was nice because it was entertaining。 I’ve been in a reading slump and still read it pretty quickly。 I don’t remember much of the specifics of it， but I enjoyed the adventure。-The finale was magical because it tried to expand on characters and vilains。 It was rushed and I wish there were more pages for the villains because they need their own stories， their true endings of after-stories， and maybe even epilogues for some （*cough* Jacks *cough*）。I enjoyed all of them， differently， but enjoyed nevertheless。3。5 rounded up for all of them。 。。。more

Mikayla ，

Such a great world and series！

Nisaun ，

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Candrea Teodora ，

O altă carte minunată！！！ Fantezie 💯

Maria Sofia ，

This book series was absolutely AMAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIINNNNGGGG！！！！！！！ Stephanie Garber did a REALLY great job at keeping the storyline interesting all throughout the series and always kept the reader engaged throughout the book。 Each book got better and better and the ending was absolutely PERFECT！ Thank you， Stephanie Garber， for writing the best series that I ever read！💖

R。 L。 Carlo ，

Official Rating:4。5/5 stars 🌟

Deanna ，

A fun， captivating， fantasy series。 Two sisters get caught up in a game of magic， try to rescue their missing mother， battle against the dangerous fates and of course fall in love。 The final book was not as good。 Everything felt really rushed。 But overall a good， entertaining read。 3。5 stars

Sara Benjamin ，

fun world - not terribly fleshed out。 guilty pleasure reading but not deep。

Anna ，

Love this series

Jessica Palazzolo ，

2nd favorite series of all time！

Leanne Osuna ，

Found the 1st book at Costco， 2 days later I went back to get the other 2！ I’m not one to binge read， it usually takes me months to finish a book but I read these in 1 week！ I was just so hooked and couldn’t put them down！ Already thinking about reading them again to see if I missed clues 😆

Ash14 ，

Hi I absolutely LOVE your Caraval series！ I got Finale in the mail a few days ago and I've already finished it。 I've got to wonder though， even though it says Finale is it really the end to the Caraval series？ I'd absolutely love to see more！！！ You're such an amazing author。 Thank you for writing such spectacular books， I've truly been completely enthralled by them。 Hi I absolutely LOVE your Caraval series！ I got Finale in the mail a few days ago and I've already finished it。 I've got to wonder though， even though it says Finale is it really the end to the Caraval series？ I'd absolutely love to see more！！！ You're such an amazing author。 Thank you for writing such spectacular books， I've truly been completely enthralled by them。 。。。more

Jenny Jo Weir ，

Very intricate and complex story。 This trilogy is extremely detailed and not for the faint of heart。 Caraval seemed a little easier to me since it does a little better job of explaining things and setting the stage。 Legendary though also good， was hard to fall into since I read it a few months after and it took me a while to get my bearings。 Still， it’s a very interesting story and nicely plotted out。 Finale was a nice end and I'm happy I was able to immerse myself into this story and these char Very intricate and complex story。 This trilogy is extremely detailed and not for the faint of heart。 Caraval seemed a little easier to me since it does a little better job of explaining things and setting the stage。 Legendary though also good， was hard to fall into since I read it a few months after and it took me a while to get my bearings。 Still， it’s a very interesting story and nicely plotted out。 Finale was a nice end and I'm happy I was able to immerse myself into this story and these characters。 。。。more

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