The Invisible Circus

Initially, I was a little disappointed by this. Good Squad is one of my all-time favorites and Egan's preceding short story collection was pretty solid. The beginning of Circus in particular reads like a first novel, but by the end I came around. The story is cohesive and contained and Egan is still a great writer, I just hold her to a higher personal standard, so my scale for her is a little more critical.