January 2020 Standalone BOTM - The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern

[Felicia]

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.

[Damselflies]

Started:
4% (view spoiler)[Did that guy just made a bet on the life of his daughter ? Even slightly risking her dying ? If so I hate him already such a scumbag then. Really curious what the prize is for the winner and how it all is going to play out and what is going to happen, so far really loving the writing (hide spoiler)]
6% (view spoiler)[Yeah I already despise Hector rofl (hide spoiler)]
8% (view spoiler)[Omg I think the 2 children from the bet finally met and aaaah they fell in love right away and even kissed aaaah (hide spoiler)]
15% (view spoiler)[Did he just fake his own death ... (hide spoiler)]
19% (view spoiler)[huh was i wrong in the end that isobel was a fake name of celia (hide spoiler)]
20% (view spoiler)[I truly thought isobel and celia where same person
and I think get now why her horrible father had to fake die (hide spoiler)]
41% (view spoiler)[They finally officialy met, I''m really curious how it's going from this point on, still really curious what you need to do to win and what the result of that bet will be (hide spoiler)]
60% (view spoiler)[Not sure how to feel about the kiss, on 1 hand I'm like AAAH finally !! and on the other hand I'm like wait, isn't he still in a relationship with Isobel ? What a douchebag !!! I'm very conflicted about how I feel about that. (hide spoiler)]
73% (view spoiler)[Oh no, why did the clockmaker had to die :( and omg, why did you take so long Bailey, you fool !! (hide spoiler)]
87% (view spoiler)[Ah what the heck did Isobel do (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[I just loved this, it all wrapped up pretty nicely in the end (hide spoiler)]