had read this book earlier this year, but if I'm being honest with you, I don't remember much of it outside of the carnival setting, some of the cooler bad guy names, and the father of one of the main characters. He wasn't your normal hero; in fact, put him in a lineup, and he's probably the last person you would expect, or want, to be the hero. He's a much older gentleman with a child around 10. His son resents him a bit because he's at that age where he's super active, but