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Trained from childhood and bound by their respective trainers into a mysterious magical competition, Celia and Marco become the core of a new circus in 1885, and the circus itself becomes the competition. Open only from sunset until dawn, and appearing without announcement to play in locations all over the world, The Night Circus is full of wonders created by our two competitors, tent after tent of magical performances –the ice garden, the maze, the Illusionist (Celia herself), the Fortune Teller (Isabel, who is in love with Marco), the Contortionist (Sukiko, who seems to know more than the rest about the competition), the twins born on the very first night of the circus, who grow up with their own magical talents and perform with the circus cats, and much more.

For many years, the Circus travels the world, with the two competitors tirelessly creating new elements. It gathers a growing number of devotees who follow it around the world, and a vast staff who are tied to it, strangely not aging and largely unaware of the competition or the special magics surrounding them.

And then Celia and Marco fall in love, and try to disengage from the competition, and the Circus begins to totter.

Morgenstern’s strengths in this book are its visual elements, and her clever use of time. There are rumors that a graphic novel will be created from the book, and given its strong visuals, the story would be VERY well suited to that format. Her characters are strongly formed and compelling, and perform true to the nature she gives each one, and yet…and yet, they are not quite deep enough to satisfy the reader fully.

This is clearly the work of a first-time novelist, and yet a great talent. I look forward to her further development as a writer. And as to The Night Circus, well, the magic is better in the Harry Potter books, and the storytelling more compelling in The Name of the Wind. But it’s very good first effort.

Deea