The Night Circus
Written by Erin Morgenstern
First Published 2011
“The circus arrives without a warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. It is called Le Cirque des Reves, and it is only open at night.
Behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway — a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which one can only be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love — a deep, magical love that makes the light flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.”
This book is brilliant. I dare not to write a summary of my own because the book’s official one (stated above) was good enough for me that it pulled me strongly into its own magic. I love this book and I might continue loving it in almost the same way that I do for Harry Potter. For many years, after reading so many fantasy novels, this one had just been a favorite.
This is a review and may contain some minor spoilers, you’ve been warned.
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