The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

"The circus arrives without warning." A novel of magic set from 1873 and 1903. It is a story with dream like imagery centered around a mysterious circus that travels the world. Only a few know that the circus is actually the setting for an endless competition between the students of two master illusionists, a gentleman's wager. The wager proves to effect countless lives as the "gentlemen" watch like distant puppeteers as the drama they put in motion continues without end. The writer weaves the story full of description of fantastic environments contained within the circus back and forth through time. Reading this on my Kindle, I resorted to writing the names of each chapter containing the date in a notebook so I could keep track of the events' timeline. I enjoyed this novel and would love to continue with the next generation of Le Cirque de Reves or the Night Circus.