Vitalia (Circus of Souls #1)
By: Eliza Benner
Recommendation: 🌕🌕🌕🌕 - (Out of 5 🌕)
Genre: Fantasy, Romantasy, Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Dragon Shifters
Length: 390 Pages
Pace: Fast
Moods: Adventurous, Emotional, Great World Building, Action Packed, Easy to Read, Steamy
Release Date: February 5, 2026
Vitalia - Full of Life
This is my first Eliza Benner book and she has blown my mind. Benner has managed to create a unique story in a genre that has become increasingly cookie cutter. When I wasn't reading Vitalia, I was thinking about Vitalia: the story, it's characters, the setting; every layer of the story added to it's incredible overarching storyline.
Synopsis:
Naevyn has not had a lot of luck in her short life. Her parents died when she was young leaving her to raise and care for her younger sister and brother. The only source of income t be had in her small town was to work the mine, sourcing and hauling heavy shadowstone. She thought her luck might taking a turn for the better when a local boy of some means invited her to attend the circus with him. Unfortunately, asking Naevyn to attend was part of a cruel joke. To add to matters the circus isn't what she thought it was.
For the past several hundred years, Cairos and his friends have been cursed to perform in the Fae King's circus. They travel Xardon performing as a means to capture the souls of the unsuspecting humans in attendance. This was until Naevyn. Is it possible Naevy is the human girl from their ancient prophecy? The one destined to break the curse and end the King's terrible reign?
What I Loved:
- The Unique Story: Dragons and Fae written in a way I have never seen before. Two of my favorite tropes intertwined and overlayed one on top of the other.
- The Fae World: Brenner does an amazing job of describing the world Naevyn finds her self stranded in. The glass forest with leaves that break easily underfoot. Dark shadowstone with silver running throughout. Scary creatures that come out in the dark to hunt unsuspecting humans.
- Cairos: An incredible angsty, beautiful male Fae. Cairos does not enjoy what he is cursed to do but understands the obligation. His life has been filled with the pain and suffering of those he cares about most. In Vitalia he starts out as an unsympathetic individual who over the course of the story he becomes increasingly more protective of Naevyn. He is your typical alpha male.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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