As a young girl, Celia Bowen is delivered to the father she never knew, a world famous magician whose secret is that his show is genuine magic - not illusions. He teaches Celia to manipulate the world in the same way so that she can compete in a high-stakes game against Marco, an orphan similarly trained by her father's nemesis. The arena for this game is an elaborate, surreal circus. Neither Celia nor Marco knows the extent of the game, nor their opponent, until they have fallen in love with each other.
The tone and mood of the book are as intriguing as its characters. Everything and everyone is puzzling. The tone changes from fascinating and mysterious to anxious and depressing to hopeful. The mood varies from gloomy to romantic and from desperate to peaceful. The varying moods makes me think of how that is in everyday life. Things are constantly changing and we adapt to it, the characters within the story reflecting on that.
The tone and mood of the book are as intriguing as its characters. Everything and everyone is puzzling. The tone changes from fascinating and mysterious to anxious and depressing to hopeful. The mood varies from gloomy to romantic and from desperate to peaceful. The varying moods makes me think of how that is in everyday life. Things are constantly changing and we adapt to it, the characters within the story reflecting on that.
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