I return to this book so often. It is easily my favorite of the series. It is so cozy despite the heartbreaks. It is tender and shows so many kinds of deep love and affection. Anne faces her trials and scrapes as always, but this book feels like she's finally achieving the life she deserves. I've re-read the last few pages countless times. I wish I could live in Patty's Place. Seeing the characters genuinely trying out adulthood for the first time is so comforting. I love the newer characters like Phil, and the wins Anne gets to have all on her own. Just a masterpiece.
so far the parts that have particularly tickled me:
when princess donut tells carl he’s good to blow up the goblin chief guy and then says “there sure were a lot of babies in there too”
when princess donut reveals to carl that bea was cheating on him with three other people, one being a woman and comparing it to carl “watching those videos on your iPad with the two women rolling around and cleaning each other” 💀
when princess donut uses a six-mana missile on a level two monster and when told by carl she can use a three-mana missile for low level monsters, justifies it with: “if it’s about to bite my face off, it’s getting a six.”
yes i am noticing a trend of princess donut being the star of the moments that ive enjoyed the most, and no im not mad about it 🤭✨🐈