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All Hallows Eve: A Halloween Tale (2000)

by Sarah Diemer(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: Very cute. Almost too cute, but Sarah Diemer is an entertaining writer, and she pulls it off successfully.The inept witch who just happens to be a fabulous cupcake baker?Cute.Her vampire-stereotype almost boyfriend?Well, he might be a little cliche, but their almost romance is just adorable. I would actually read another book about those characters, just to find out if they hooked up.The plot is vehicle for the romance, but that's fine. The dialogue is fun and snappy, the halloween-fairy tale vibe is consistent and well-done, and amusing concepts scattered through out keep the story from bogging down. Particularly enjoyed Death-as-a-Tree. A winning concept, there.Now, I have to admit Diemer's work was recommend to me as good yuri (sapphic-lesbian whatever you wanna call it... more) fiction, but she wasn't specific about which book I should get. This was cute and fun, but a bit lacking in lesbians - but that was my bad on the selection. Turns out, had I picked any other book Diemer has written, more or less, and it would have been more in line with my expectations.Nonetheless, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. If the idea of a cute, cupcake baking witch in a world resembling Nightmare Before Christmas sounds appealing - and you have a serious sweet tooth for your fiction - then I would recommend Hallow' Eve.
review 2: Laluna, our heroine, is a pretty witch with bright red hair who has no family after the recent death of her grandmother. Laluna is not a typical witch, in fact “she was a HORRIBLE witch and a FANTASTIC baker,” but when an old school friend asks for a potion, Laluna can’t say no, even though it is a love potion. Of course, it all backfires, and Laluna ends up missing the Witch’s Ball on Halloween night to deal with a zombie in love.It’s such a sweet little story, for being full of witches, ghosts, a vampire, a werewolf, a zombie, even Death himself. What’s funny is the scariest person is actually the human, the woman who caused the mess in the first place and leaves Laluna to clean it up. All the “monsters” are kind-hearted, and there’s a touch of a sweet romance between Laluna and one of her friends. And Laluna is certainly a marvelous baker, no one, dead or alive, can resist her cupcakes. I have to admit they sounded delicious.If you’re looking for a short, sweet, light Halloween read pick this one up. less

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