Book Review - The Night Circus

There was a lot of hype around this book.  And it totally lived up to it.  When you read a lot, there are times when you feel like every book you open is something you have read before.  You begin to think that there are no new stories left.  A book like this proves how wrong that theory is.

Le Cirque des Rêves  is only open at night.  The circus appears without warning.  It has been designed as a venue for a competition between two magicians, Marco and Celia.  These two have been pledged to this competition since they began their training in childhood.  They know very little about who they are competing against and how they might actually win.  They create a circus that is unlike anything you could possibly imagine.  And, as the years pass, they continue to add more elaborate tents in an effort to 'win' the competition.

Also, did I mention that Celia and Marco fall in love?  And that the competition is a death match that only one of them can survive?  Yeah.  It's ten kinds of awesome.  Read it or regret it.