The Starless Sea

Can I give this book more than 5 stars?

It's rare thing for a book to work magic on a reader.

Much like The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern's second book is utterly enchanting. I was drawn in, felt, saw, smelled, tasted and breathed every bit of this world. If ever there was a character whom I so totally connected with and related to, its Zachary Ezra Rawlins.

I don't know what kind of magic Erin possesses, but thank goodness she chooses to share it with the world. This is a beautiful work that I will come back to again and again.

I'm going to be looking for painted doors from now on. And when I find one, I'm SO going to turn that doorknob.