Spectacular A Caraval Holiday Novella

Stephanie Garber — 2024

Welcome, welcome back to the enchanting world of Caraval! Return to the legendary magic and the whimsical wonder with this beautifully illustrated holiday novella. Snowflakes are falling. Invitations are arriving. And holiday magic is swirling in the capital city of the Meridian Empire. It’s Great Holiday Eve Eve. Scarlett Dragna is planning a spectacular Holiday celebration for the city. Donatella is searching for the perfect gift. Julian is looking ridiculously handsome in green. And Legend . . . Well, sadly Legend is not fond of the Great Holiday. Tella is hoping her perfect gift will change his mind. Unfortunately, she hasn’t found this perfect gift just yet. But it is Great Holiday Eve Eve . . . surely there’s some holiday magic swirling around. Welcome, welcome back to the world of Caraval, where even holidays are not as they seem. Set after Stephanie Garber's #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series, this delightful novella will take readers on the ultimate holiday adventure full of clockwork boys, poisoned candy, impish snow globes, merriment, and—if Tella gets her way—love. Gorgeously illustrated by Rosie Thorns, SPECTACULAR is the perfect edition for collectors, readers, dreamers, and lovers of holiday magic.

Reviews

Ian Brakspear@ibrakspear

Mar 20, 2025

Okay for this one, I’m only a few months behind but once I reached the end of the Caraval series and after enjoying I know that I would going to love being back with the characters and the fact that this one was set around the festive season just made for the perfect read; despite it being Spring.

I must admit that the Physical Book is just beautiful with the illustrations throughout the book and really enchanting that just make me fall in love with the entire story and took it to a new hight. Scarlett’s grand celebration planning, Tella’s mission to find the perfect gift, and Legend’s holiday grumpiness create the perfect mix of fun and heartwarming moments

If you loved and enjoyed the Caraval Series then I think you might just love and enjoy this one!

Salma@urfav_brunette

Feb 16, 2025

So very cute but it definitely needed more scarlet and Julian

Kaitlyn@vampirelover

Jan 26, 2025

Got me back into reading. Stephanie Garber always making the scene feel whimsical 🙂‍↕️

taylor@taylorlynne

Dec 22, 2024

cute I love the illustrations

Maddy T@maddyt33

Dec 16, 2024

It was cute, nostalgic, and intoxicating

Sasha@salsasunshine

Dec 8, 2024

In love with the Caraval world.

Emily McMeans@emilymcmeans

Dec 8, 2024

So cute! I was fairly uncomfortable with the ambiguous identity situation, but it’s also been so long since I read the original trilogy, I might have missed a ‘tell’ of who it was. Very entertaining and perfect for the holidays though!

Sophia@sophia25

Nov 25, 2024

I wished we got more Scarlett and Julian or even more Tella and Legend together and not just Tella by herself but nontheless I really loved the cute little story. The book is GORGEOUS as well and the ending kinda made up for the lack of couple scenes haha

miu@miureads

Nov 10, 2024

for the illustrations only

sam@sammiev

Nov 9, 2024

i read this for scarlettjulian only and the way we just got CRUMBLES OF THEM so rude. the few parts of scarlettjulian i was giggling and smiling so much!!! ugh my babies

this is not a cutesy christmas novella with your favs 👎 like holiday spirit nowhere in sight EVAJACKS NOWHERE IN SIGHT BOOOO

anyways, didn't love the direction the author took for tellalegend like that one scene with the dubious consent was giving dark romance . . . when this is supposed to be a ya fantasy like what happened to the original plot of the movie?? also i'm just sick of tella in general like seeing that she got more screentime was so annoying

so the one star was for scarlettjulian <3