The book sounded pretty awesome. It's set in the late1800- early1900's in a very unique circus that is only open at night. There are a couple of illusionists that battle each other. Sounds pretty good right?
Here is the official book description:
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
THE BOOK WAS HORRIBLE! I only got less than half way through it and I refuse to finish. Only one person in the book group decided to finish it JUST because she decided she didn't want to just QUIT.
The book is terribly over written and the so-called "battle" is 2 magicians making new circus attractions. The book started out interesting when a magician finds out he has a daughter after the mother dies. The little girl has powers just like the father and he uses and abuses her to make a bet with another magician. Then, it gets very DULL. Some parts and characters were good and interesting, but only for a page. The story jumps around and follows too many people at the same time so just as your getting interested in what one person is doing it stops talking about them and jumps to someone else and NEVER comes back to finish where it left off on the interesting parts. They say you either LOVE this book, or you HATE it. Well, I guess you can say I HATED it. I do not suggest this book to anyone.
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