Lovely, magical novella from my favourite magical author and even better – it’s set at Christmas time.

It has it all: four naughty witches, mystery evil Santa, secrets that need to be told, castles, boys, sexy/mysterious guy called Caleb and a magical ball! Trust me, you don’t need anything else (perhaps mulled wine on the side).

Ali and her three friends are the last ones leaving their magical academy to go to the ball. At least that’s what they are trying to do when the gates are shut and they get locked in the grounds of their school by an evil Santa, summoned by someone that is not the girl’s biggest fan.

All four girls have secrets that won’t stay locked in if they want their freedom back. They each think their secret is the worst until Ali speaks and finally reveals the truth. But that’s not the end of it and Ali has to work a little harder to find out what really is going on and when she does, she has some choices to make.

Great twists and turns, lovely setting throughout the book. This is a fabulous, quick Christmas read with some magic thrown in for good measure. And I am kind of hoping there’ll be a second book!

Thank you to the author and TBConFB.