The Enchantress Returns vs The Wishing Spell: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Enchantress Returns The Enchantress Returns Chris Colfer · 2013 ★★★★★ 4.9 544 pages · ≈ 10 h 04 m · Light

Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of…

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Cover of The Wishing Spell The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.4 448 pages · ≈ 8 h 18 m · Light

Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris.…

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The verdict

How to choose

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Hardcover 4.0 (54) 4.0 (128)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)
Apple Books 5.0 (846) 4.5 (1144)

Reception

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Ratings 846 1144
Editions 21 38
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention 5723 5723
Pages 544 448

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