The Night Circus. By Erin Morgenstern

 Recommended: Yes,  though it took me a long time to realise that the book was going back and forth and in parallel a bit with time - could be just my newness with reading in digital format . The book will make for an awesome movie - a visual treat, however, reading each word builds the anticipation which seeing the entire scene on a screen might not do justice. An awesome book to illustrate on - so many scenes to choose from!

Spoiler: No

The circus arrives without warning.

The disagreement between a teacher and his student about the ways of the world, about permanence and endurance and time lead to a game to test whose methods were better. 

Two students , unknown to each other , never having a choice on whether they’d want to play, are pitted against each other in a challenge of chaos and control to see which technique is strongest. One of them survives. The other has to die for the challenge to end.The teachers fail to realise that the challengers become dependent on each other, while without the other but never complete. 

Initial challenges were in seclusion, just against each other.  However, the student now wants to test how the challengers will fare when there are other factors along with the challengers - when there are repercussions with every action taken. He puts his daughter in the ring - Celia Brown. At the age of 5. Her challenger unknown to her then, and unknown to either of the teachers then, is Marco. Their playing field - The Night Circus. 

Who wins?