How do you trust the ground when all you've known is flight?
In this breathtaking debut, Leigh Ansell has created a compelling, heartbreaking, and truly engaging story about a young girl used to flying high only to be faced with living life with her two feet firmly on the ground.
Seventeen-year-old Corey Ryder can't remember a time when she wasn't gliding through the air of Cirque Mystique's big top. As a trapeze artist in a traveling circus, Corey wakes up every day in a different place, buzzing for the moment she can suspend gravity during the night's performance.
When the circus pulls into small-town Sherwood, California, everything seems normal—aside from meeting the exceptionally cute Luke Everett at a local diner. But that night, in the midst of the performance, tragedy strikes and flames overtake the tent. While Corey narrowly escapes, in the ashes of the circus pitch lies the only home she's ever known.
Repeatedly thrown out of her comfort zone, Corey must learn how to push toward her future without forgetting her past, what it means to be a daughter to a mother she's never known, and how to navigate the confusing magic of first love, even as she performs the high-wire act of being true to who you really are.
What reviewers have to say:
"As you might expect from a book released slowly online, chapter by chapter, the promise of untold secrets is high—but it's also an unexpectedly tender, nuanced novel, and I devoured it." —Marie Claire
"The story itself was good, it was well thought out and executed and even had a dash of mystery thrown in which I thought was absolutely great... All in all, a wonderfully written debut by a promising author. I can't wait to pick up the next book!!" —Read Book Repeat
"When Marie Claire names a book as one of the best Women's Fiction Titles of 2019, you know it's going to be a great read!" —GenPink
"...this book is one to be excited about... this was a really enjoyable read, and I look forward to reading more of Ansell's works in the future." —Affinity
"If you like emotionally compelling stories about growing up and trying to find your feet and discover who you are then we highly recommend you read Trapeze." —Fuzzable
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book and read it within a few hours! I was completely hooked from the synopsis and the book did not disappoint. The characters were well written and the universe that Leigh Ansell has created is phenomenal." —Emma W., NetGalley reviewer
"This book was such a quick read that I feltlike I was devouring each page! If you want something that will keep youguessing what will happen next... then please read this book!" —BrittanyB., NetGalley reviewer
