Book Log: The Night Circus

The Night Circus
By: Erin Morgenstern
TWO 1/2 out of FIVE stars

my thoughts:

Here's the deal. I was so excited to read this book. It had been on my list of books to read for a while. I had a hard time really rating the book. Thank goodness for the half star!  I really enjoyed the first... 1/3 of the book and some bits and pieces throughout. The problem was it felt like it was dragged out for just a touch too long. I enjoyed that the book was what it said it was going to be; night circus, magic, competition, love story. 

I wasn't compelled to really 'get in touch' with any of the characters. The main characters weren't really for me. I was more intrigued by the die-hard circus fans. Those that followed the circus to wherever it may go. The red scarf crew. The scrapbook that was kept of news paper clippings. That's the kind of detail that is in this book.

The magic of the book kept me reading. Le Cirque des Rêves had so much going for it. The very descriptive detail brought everything forward so vividly. All the little parts that made this circus a whole. 

All in all it was an enjoyable read.

the run down:

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.