“Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.”
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Anchor Books, 2010)
Genre: Adult Fiction With Teen Appeal, Fantasy, Modern Fantasy, Romance
Honors: Locus Award for Best First Novel (2012), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2012), ALA Alex Award (2012), Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2014), The Reading List Genre Awards for Fantasy (2012) September (2011), The Kitschies Nominee for Golden Tentacle (Debut) (2011) [Honors Information found at Goodreads.com]
Review: The circus shows up without warning. A magical, mysterious show that is beyond imagination. What the public doesn't see is the competition behind the show between the two young magicians who are constantly trying to out due one another by creating more spectacular attractions.
Opinion: This is one of those books that is right on the border of adult and teen. There is a decent portion that takes place by younger individual. I have wanted to read this book for a while and since I saw it was an Alex Award Winner I decided to give it a chance. I listened to the audiobook and I'm not sure if it was the audiobook version but it was really not as good as I was hoping since listening to all the hype behind it.
Ideas: I would recommend this book to any teen looking for an original fantasy type adult book to pick up. If you made a display for adult books with teen appeal this would be a good fit.
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