The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern 
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 (view spoiler)[Celia Bowen (a naturally gifted girl trained by her father Hector) and Marco Alisdair (an orphan boy taken under Alexander H-'s tutelage) are pitted against each other in the newest wager made by their guardians, who adhere to different schools of thought when it comes to magic. The Night Circus becomes the venue for their competition, where they outdo themselves by creating more and more elaborated tents. To ensure the circus's continued existence while ending the game without either of them dying, a young man named Bailey becomes the new Proprietor before Celia and Marco both vanish. (hide spoiler)] 
 The premise of this novel was intriguing, but the pace was incredibly slow, the events weren't told in a chronological way and the time period was easily forgotten. The game was not the epic duel it was made out to be and the different magical methods used in creating the tents weren't explained nor shown. The romance was another deception. Many questions about the day-to-day life in the circus remained unanswered. The parts I enjoyed were the Midnight Dinners, the conception of the circus, Herr Friedrick Thiessen's passion for the circus and the reveurs. The circus was also described beautifully.