THE GAME OF OATHS: S.C. BANDREDDI

The Game of Oaths

by S.C. Bandreddi

Caraval meets The Hunger Games in an underground Parisian circus in 1896. Twelve performers, bound by magical contracts to ringmaster Jean-Pierre, will compete in the annual Game of Oaths, and only one can win.
In a world of timid, ‘beautiful but doesn’t know it’ female lead characters, Falan Sunkara is anything but. She is refreshingly, unapologetically ruthless, her bloodthirst so palpable you can’t help but feel her rage and root for her as she traverses the deadly games in order to seek vengeance…

- Reviewed by Theo