Spectacular by Stephanie Garber Summary
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Stephanie Garber's enchanting holiday novella "Spectacular" returns to the bestselling Caraval world after five years, featuring poisoned candy and impish snow globes. A #9 national bestseller with stunning illustrations, it's the festive magic fix 971,000 devoted fans couldn't resist.
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The Magic Begins When Reality Blurs
Imagine a city that transforms into a life-sized snow globe during the Great Holiday season. Ships mysteriously stop arriving at port, citizens become enchanted by the festive atmosphere, and even the most sensible people find themselves drawn into magical experiences they can't resist. In Valenda, the ordinary rules of caution and logic dissolve like snowflakes on warm skin as the entire city undergoes a spectacular metamorphosis. Even the palace becomes "Nutcracker Castle," adorned with decorations that defy natural laws. In the royal gardens, genuine snowflakes fall among ice sculptures of ballerinas frozen mid-pirouette and luck bunnies poised to grant good fortune. Most impressive is the enormous Holiday clock counting down to the celebration, its magical hands moving with ceremonial precision. Standing amid this winter wonderland is the shimmering statue of the Merry Queen, said to grant wishes at midnight to those pure of heart. What makes this setting so captivating isn't just its beauty-it's alive with possibility, with magic humming beneath the surface of every snowflake and sparkle. The line between reality and enchantment blurs, creating a place where wishes might actually come true and where even the most ordinary person might stumble into an extraordinary adventure. It's against this backdrop that Princess Donatella Dragna's famous tale begins-a story that would outshine all others in the magical snow globe that Valenda has become.
The Perfect Gift: A Princess's Dilemma
Enchantment and Deception on Garland Street
A Dangerous Game of Imposters
Seduction, Deception, and a Blindfold's Truth
Dreams, Celebrations, and Choices
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