Cirque Du Folie completed Cirque Du Folie AUTHOR: vigour
LEAD: Kai
GENRE; SETTING: angst, thriller; circus
CHAPTERS: 6
READER INFORMATION: None  

The circus is normally an event full of laughter, joy, and cherishable memories. But when a certain trapeze artist finds herself crossing among dead performers, she starts to believe that the jovial nature of her work is all a façade. She tries to reach out to others of how she found the late performers, but no one believes her, even the one person she shares the most trust with. When the acrobat finally learns the truth behind the performers' passing, there is little time left before she gets her own staged death.

thoughts PLOT: There's a kind of thriller-lite/horror-lite vibe going with this story. Aerin and Jongin, childhood friends, escape from the original circus that they work at along with two friends, only to find themselves at one far more sinister. There are some absolutely lovely scenes describing the circus acts, but one by one, the other female performers begin disappearing, and then Aerin stumbles across the bodies... and the killer, and her own life is put at risk.

CHARACTERISATION: While other subcharacters flit in and out, the main relationship is between Aerin and Jongin, and it's incredibly sweet and natural. They've been childhood friends and know each other inside and out, and are each other's closest confidants (as well as t