And another Top Pick for 2011

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Enter the lyrical and haunting world of the Night Circus. It will draw you in, entrance you and wisk you away to a different time and place. With its evocative language, and gently flowing plot, it reminded me rather of "Jonathan Strange" and some of Neil Gaiman's work. The descriptions are lush and vivid, the characters entrancing. It haunted me long after the final page. However, there is a blemish to every jewel and in this one it was the constantly shifting time periods - each chapter would jump back or forward some years, which left me feeling a little disorientated. It was to good purpose though, to aid the ebby and flow of the tale.



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One of my Top Picks for 2011

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book is beautiful. It is dark and haunting and eloquently written. With an interesting quirk to the traditional demons vs angels. The Angels in this point are terrifying beings with eyes of fire, the "demons", chimerical hybrids. One of the many things I loved about this book is that there is no real good or evil - there are two sides at war - both with reason, and one innocent human girl stuck in the middle. I cannot say much more without giving too much away, but this is a wonderful and engrossing read. I HIGHLY recommend it.



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