History Literature / Caraval

!!This book provides examples of the following:

* AlternativeCalendar: Years are counted from the beginning of Empress Elantine's reign. In one of her letters to Legend, Scarlett writes that her sister's birthday is on the 13th day of the Growing Season.

* ColourCodedEmotions: For Scarlett, strong emotions are often accompanied by a burst of many different colors.

* IdenticalGrandson: Or granddaughter in this case. Tella is described as having a round face with honey-blonde hair. This is exactly how their grandmother is said to have looked when she was young.

* PimpedOutDress: After arriving on Isla de Los Sueños, Scarlett finds a magical shape-shifting dress with a corset, ribbons, and lots of elegant lace. This dress is also magic and can change it's apperance to best fit the setting and Scarlett's current mood.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The Count is persuaded rather easily to break off his engagement to Scarlett once it seems that [[spoiler: Tella is dead. Turns out, it wasn't really the Count.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: Governor Dragna.

* NiceHat: The one thing that is associated with the incredibly secretive Legend is his top hat.

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Scarlett remembers how her grandmother would always dress in purple.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Julian is Legend's brother.]]
** [[spoiler: Tella is working with Legend to get both her and Scarlett away from her father and much of the novel is is all a BatmanGabit on their parts. To this extent, most of what happens is really all just a game.]]
** [[spoiler: In the second book, we learn Legend is Dante and that Paloma has been alive all this time but is trapped in the Deck of Destiny with the rest of the Fates.]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome:

Followed by Legendary.

* InformedAttribute: In ''Legendary'', the text claims that Tella is clever. However she needs other people to point her in the right direction when she plays the game and takes forever to figure out what the audience has already piece together.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Governor Dragna

* AxCrazy: When we finally meet Legend at the last act of the novel, it becomes immediately clear that he's completely mad and falls into several bouts of EvilLaughter with little provoking. [[Spoiler: This isn't the real Legend, but it's implied the real one is still has one or two loose screws.]]

* Axecrazy: When we finally meet Legend at the last act of the novel, it becomes immediately clear that he's completely mad and falls into several bouts of EvilLaughter with little provoking. [[Spoiler: This isn't the real Legend, but it's implied the real one is still has one or two loose screws.]]

* Ax-crazy: When we finally meet Legend at the last act of the novel, it becomes immediately clear that he's completely mad and falls into several bouts of EvilLaughter with little provoking. [[Spoiler: This isn't the real Legend, but it's implied the real one is still has one or two loose screws.]]

* Axcrazy: When we finally meet Legend at the last act of the novel, it becomes immediately clear that he's completely mad and falls into several bouts of EvilLaughter with little provoking. [[Spoiler: This isn't the real Legend, but it's implied the real one is still has one or two loose screws.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Said to be the fate of Rosa, the woman who died at the Caraval performance years before the events of the main plot. [spoiler: Tella befalls the same fate at the last act of the book.]] [[Spoiler: Except it's a DisneyDeath.]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: According to [[pun legend]], Legend has played the part of the villain in Caraval long enough that he has actually become an awful villain for real.

** [[Spoiler: Tella is working with Legend to get both her and Scarlett away from her father and much of the novel is is all a BatmanGabit on their parts. To this extent, most of what happens is really all just a game.]]
* ScarsAreForever: While performers in the Caraval can't die, they do retain scars they receive during the games. [[Spoiler: Julian gets a nasty one on his face when he tries to protect Scarlett from Count Dragna.]]

* PimpedOutDress: After arriving on Isla de Los Sueños, Scarlett finds a magical shape-shifting dress with a corset, ribbons, and lots of elegant lace.

* ScarsAreForever: While performers in the Caraval can't die, they do retain scars they receive during the games. Julian gets a nasty one on his face when he tries to protect Scarlett from Count Dragna.

* AbusiveParents: Governor Dragna fits this trope to a T. Whenever one of his daughters steps out of line, he physically hurts the other one. [[ToughLove He even punches Tella in the face]] until she bleeds after finding both girls hiding in the cellar with Julian.

* AbusiveParents: Governor Dragna fits this trope to a T. Whenever one of his daughters steps out of line, he physically hurts the other one. He even punches Tella in the face until she bleeds after finding both girls hiding in the cellar with Julian.