The Night Circus
An enchanting read to escape with this Christmas
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4.4 • 297 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
THE TIKTOK SENSATION
Discover the million-copy bestselling fantasy read.
The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon an iron gates reads:
Opens at Nightfall
Closes at Dawn
Full of breath-taking amazements and open only at night, Le Cirque des Rêves seems to cast a spell over all who wander its circular paths. But behind the glittering acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists a fierce competition is underway.
Celia and Marco are two young magicians who have been trained since childhood for a deadly duel. With the lives of everyone at the Circus of Dreams at stake, they must test the very limits of the imagination, and of their love.
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'The only response to this novel is simply: wow. It is a breath-taking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell' The Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author Morgenstern doesn't miss a beat in this smashing tale of greed, fate, and love set in a turn of the 20th-century circus. Celia is a five-year-old with untrained psychokinetic powers when she is unceremoniously dumped on her unsuspecting father, Hector Bowen, better known as Le Cirque des Reves' Prospero the Entertainer. Hector immediately hatches a sinister scheme for Celia: pit her against a rival's young magician in an epic battle of magic that will, by design, result in the death of one of the players, though neither Celia nor her adversary, Marco, is informed of the inevitable outcome. What neither Hector nor his rival count on is that Celia and Marco will eventually fall in love. Their mentors Marco's mentor, Alexander, plucked him from the London streets due to his psychic abilities attempt to intervene with little success as Celia and Marco barrel toward an unexpected and oddly fitting conclusion. Supporting characters such as Bailey, a farm boy who befriends a set of twins born into the circus who will drastically influence his future; Isobel, a circus employee and onetime girlfriend of Marco's; and theatrical producer Chandresh Christophe Lef vre are perfectly realized and live easily in a giant, magical story destined for bestsellerdom. This is an electric debut on par with Special Topics in Calamity Physics.
Customer Reviews
Easy and Charming
This is a lovely story, reasonably paced and beautifully imaginative.
It won’t change your life but it’s a nice, magical get away from the current global situation.
Charming
One of the most delightful books I have read in a long time. Perfect for a rainy day or an afternoon curled up in bed. It's a gothic story about a mysterious circus and two magicians. I absolutely loved it. The characters were rich and the setting of the circus was written so beautifully. Im so happy I finally bought this book.
Magical
I loved this book. The story is magical and enchanting, the characters well drawn, strong and engrossing. It will live on in my imagination. The circus is the stuff of dreams.