🎪 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

⚗️ Le Cirque des Rêves arrives without warning. The black-and-white tents, full of breathtaking amazement, are the stage of Celia and Marco, two young magicians who have been trained since their childhood to compete against each other. The game they are playing is made of blurred rules, and it involves not just the two of them, but all the patrons of the circus.

♥️ I liked:⁠
⭐ It’s 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈. This quote describes how I felt reading the book. It’s magic, like entering a dream, fantasy at its highest.
🎪 The circus. There are tents, performers and acrobats yes, but this is the only thing in common with a normal circus. It’s a place where the real magic is passed off as an illusion so that people won’t be scared of it.
✍️ How it’s written. The prose is unique, so rich, vivid and refined. The author’s imagination created a magic world and her words shaped it in such an elegant manner… reading the book is like walking on a cloud.
👧 The characters. I liked all of them. Celia ad Marco, of course, but also Poppet, Widget, Bailey, Isobel, the patrons, the Rêveurs. I couldn’t figure out how Bailey would fit in the story, but I knew that, sooner or later, he would become a fundamental part of it.
👦 Widget’s gift. His sister can see the future, but he can shape it telling stories. “𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓊𝓅 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁 (…). 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒹𝑜 (…) 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5⁠ This book has been on my TBR for so long, and I am glad I finally read it. I think The Starless Sea is still my favourite, but this is incredible as well. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but, after all, only who truly believes in magic can see it.