"The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A quaint little town stands still on the Earth. Yesterday, nothing of note happened, and nothing was supposed to happen anytime soon. Today, a majestic circus, called Le Cirque des Rêves has appeared without a warning, and strangely, it is only open at night.

But little do the people of this quaint little town know, beneath the black and white stripes on the tents hides something as grandiose as it is sinister: the game… or more precisely, the duel.

As it happens, Celia and Marco are two young magicians who have been trained since birth to play the game, but a detail was left out: only one can remain standing at the end of it. The circus is not simply there to entertain the people of the town; it serves as the battleground of a fight that is only limited by the magicians’ imagination and determination.

Despite Celia and Marco being bred to square off against each other, they end up giving in to the temptation of sweet love… a sweet, magical love that brings warmth and happiness to wherever it goes.

Of course, the game isn’t concerned with such trivial, human pursuits, and it must go on regardless of what happens, for the fates of everyone, from the lowly circus technicians to the magicians themselves, hangs in the balance and largely depends on how the game is going to play out.

As you can imagine, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is by far one of the most original books published to date. However, instead of there being a single element that stands out, it is actually the sum of the parts that makes it so unforgettable.

It is all written in prose and the descriptions make for a zen-like experience during which you are transported into a completely different and magical world where anything is possible… as long as it happens in the circus.

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Erin Morgenstern Personal site Erin Morgenstern is an American author and multimedia artist, the one responsible for writing The Night Circus, a novel that was translated into more than a dozen languages within two years of being published, not to mention earning her the Locus Award for Best First Novel, with the contract rights for a major motion picture having been sold to Summit Entertainment.