The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

I absolutely loved The Night Circus. It is definitely one of my favourite books of the year. I first discovered this book by a YouTuber who gave it an excellent review. It seemed interesting so I placed a hold on it at the library.

Erin Morgenstern crafter a magical novel about circuses, loves, and the consequences of an old rivalry. The Night Circus takes place at the turn of the 20th century. A young girl, sent to live with her father after her mother's death, learns that she has a unique gift that her father intends to train her in. So confident in his daughter's abilities that he challenges an old rival. This challenge is one that they have had many times. Each of them train their protégé in their own unique way. Once the training is complete these students enter a challenge that they have been bound to since childhood, one in which they cannot escape from. The outcome of this challenge is to determine whose method of teaching is better, but the challenge is not as straightforward as that.

Enter the Night Circus. A beautiful and surreal experience for any circus goer. When one enters the night circus they enter a world of black and white. A world of the strange and extraordinary. The patrons of this unique circus never know when it will show up, nor how long it will stay, they can simply enjoy the time that they are given, walking through the grounds, amazed and mystified by all that they see and hear. None of them know that this circus is in fact a stage for a contest, and what they see are the results of the competitors. Not even the circus members themselves know of what is really happening in their world.

Then things start to happen.  It is hard to keep such a competition a secret, and the effects start to leak out and effect those closest to the competitors.

I enjoyed every moment of the story that Morgenstern wrote. A fairy tale as good as those of old. One that I would definitely read again and again.

I gave this novel a 5/5 starts. The first one this year. I would recommend this book to anyone. This book entranced me like none I have read in a while, and probably none I will read for a while yet.