The Night Circus

The Night Circus
By: Erin Morgenstern
Rating: *****
If you're like me and love a fantasy/supernatural novel you'll love this. The Night Circus is a great novel based in the late 1870's to 1904 and switches between a girl named Celia (the main character), Marco (secondary main character) and Bailey. Erin Morgenstern does a great job on describing each character perfectly creating a vision in your head of what each character looks like and how whimsical and dark their lives really are.
When Celia Bowen meets her father for the first time as a little girl, she is frightened of him and who he really is. Her father, Prospero, beings training her at a young age and enters her into a competition that could take a lifetime between his friend "the man in the grey suit" and his student, Marco.
The two must battle it out inside of a circus filled with illusion and find the victor, sending one to their grave and the other to a life filled with guilt and misery for destroying their opponent out of greed. When Marco and Celia finally meet and find out they are opponents, they fall hopelessly in love with each other and must make critical decisions on how their competition will end.
Although this circus is a "circus" the illusions are very real as pedestrians enter into the various tents Marco and Celia have created to out match the other. One of the most interesting, in my opinion, is the Ice Garden in which Celia spends most of her downtime exploring it. Although Marco is not an official act inside of the circus he controls most of the technical responsibilities and the money when it comes to running the circus. He visits often, enjoying Celia's performance as an illusionist, each time he enters the circus.
All in all, I loved this book. Erin Morgenstern did a great job in writing it and her descriptions are top notch in my opinion. This novel is definitely worth the asking price, and would go on anyone's best read list if they enjoy a fantasy novel.

Find The Night Circus at:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/night-circus-erin-morgenstern/1100083576?ean=9780307744432
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Circus-Erin-Morgenstern/dp/0307744434/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365014143&sr=1-1&keywords=the+night+circus