Captivating, Enchanting, Sublime.

It has been some time since I last felt the need to post anything. The inspiration had somewhat gone...until I finished reading the fantastic 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern. Having been given the wonderful gift of a  kindle this is the first book I bought, based on review in the Sunday Times Culture. I can't say what exactly about the review caught my attention - but I remembered the book.

'The Night Circus' oozes with a vibrancy that sucks you in and holds you from the first page to the last. What at first appears simple and straightforward is, in fact, a spiders web of connections that never ceases to end. 

The characters Morgenstern creates are so real I felt as if I knew some of them. Some of them are less easy to understand, but it is entirely fitting that they remain so. When describing the circus in particular, Morgenstern shows just how wonderful her imagination is, taking the reader to places that even they had never dreamed of. 

This book is more than merely magical. It as enchanting as the characters within it. You feel their loss, their pain and their joy and the finale brings so many emotions together in a beautiful compliment - sadly to tell anything of the plot here would utterly destroy it. This book needs to be read with as little prior knowledge as possible.

This is one of those books you wish you could have written yourself. A stunning debut from a talent to watch. Erin Morgenstern has brought the magic back into reading again.