2B Tuesday #46

Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Release Date: September 13^th 2011
Publisher: Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 387
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The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But 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 only one can 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 lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

 

I have never heard a bad thing about this book. I remember being so excited when I found it at Half Priced Books. I don’t think I’ve even looked at it since then except for when I was rearranging my bookshelves. I just really really need to read this soon.

 

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts?