Whitney Spotts, Schuler Books & Music, Lansing, MI I adored diving into Morgenstern's mesmerizing world and mourned when I reached the end.” The real conflict arises when the two realize how the competition is meant to end and they set about trying to change their predestined fate. What is meant to be a battle of magical skills evolves into something much deeper as apprentices Celia and Marco enchant not only the circus around them, but also each other.

When two competing magicians lay a wager as to which can mold the more powerful protege, they opt to use a fantastical traveling wonderland - The Night Circus - as the venue for the competition. “This elegant debut is a striking example of a nostalgic yet modern fairy tale. Nancy Simpson-Brice, The Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA September 2011 Indie Next List This is the type of book that should be debated over cups of coffee-grown-cold, long, long into the night! Highly recommended.” Share the amazement! You will become consumed by this story until the very last word. However one describes it, it is definitely an exercise in imagination of the finest type. Not only did the store sell 150 books to the 200 revelers who joined them, but it’s now considering making the circus an annual event, according to manager and co-owner Dana Brigham.Īs for Morgenstern, she’s trading in top hats for fedoras for her next book project: “a film noir–flavored Alice in Wonderland.“The Night Circus can be described in so many ways It's a love story, a mystery, a fairy tale. Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, Mass., which turned its store into a circus to celebrate the paperback release on July 3, has also gotten the circus bug. Scent, too, plays a role, and Morgenstern views it as a character, so much so that Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, which has created scents based on Neil Gaiman’s work, is creating ones for The Night Circus. Between the striped tents and the red scarves, the book has a visual vocabulary.” “The Phantomwise Tarot,” which can be viewed at, is painted in similar tones with black and white acrylic. I get ideas from painting and vice versa. “Sometimes I write what I can’t paint,” she says, “and I paint what I can’t write.

Plus, while she worked on the book, Morgenstern painted a deck of 78 tarot cards.

The night circus paperback