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iviarelle's review
5.0
So, there are three stories in this book. One is quite a short bit set around Hallowe'en, the other a several-chapter Christmas story, and the third a novel-length charmer lightly framed by Valentine's Day. Having not paid much attention to page count, I read the first one and expected the others to be about the same length, but they get progressively, and perhaps exponentially, longer.
That being said, they are all lovely stories that fill in some gaps in the Young Wizards canon without ever getting too serious. The characters are all delightful as ever, the gutpunches twist your heart around, and the resolutions to the problems will leave you smiling thoughtfully if you're at all like me.
Not a book to be read on its own, but the whole series is worth reading in order.
That being said, they are all lovely stories that fill in some gaps in the Young Wizards canon without ever getting too serious. The characters are all delightful as ever, the gutpunches twist your heart around, and the resolutions to the problems will leave you smiling thoughtfully if you're at all like me.
Not a book to be read on its own, but the whole series is worth reading in order.
saoirseak's review
4.0
Even after I had read the Christmas and Halloweâen stories I somehow wasnât expecting the third (basically novel-length) to be a Valentines Day story! I have to admit I spent years pretty resistant to the idea that Nita and Kit would end up in a romantic relationship. It just seemed so obvious and boring and bought into the âboys and girls/men and women can never be Just Friendsâ Thing. But everything Duane has done with the characters since they did start sort-of-dating has been adorable and charming and true to their established characterization.
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