Angel on the Ropes is a book that is derailed by its very admirable intentions.  It has some gorgeous writing – the descriptions of trapeze work and circus life are breathtaking.  It has a solid romance and interesting world building.  It is, however, moralistic in the extreme. Eventually the circus stuff and the trapeze stuff and the romance take a very distant backseat to the sermonizing, and that's a shame, because the messages really are … Continue reading Angel on the Ropes by Jill Shultz →