Disclaimer: this book could be one paragraph long and I would STILL give this five stars. 
 This has given me all of the feels and I have been transported in time back to my eleven-year-old self with this new installment in the Harry Potter series! 
 I was a little hesitant going in to this, due to the format of the text being set in play form. I had previously only read Shakespeare in this way and wasn't sure how my beloved fandom would translate from the expected novel format. A few pages in and I completely forgot that this was written in any alternate way! The story was, of course, dialogue heavy and yet I still managed to bring the magical world to life in my imagination, and the plot felt as fully-formed as any of the previous novels. 
 I know this has received some mixed opinions due to this being partially fan-fic, but as someone who has never read or written any, this delivered the shock-factor on so many fronts! I had stayed away from any news concerning anything to do with the play or this book and so my reading journey remained spoiler-free and my experience unmarred. 
 There were so many additions to this to delight the true Potter fan. Foremost, the inclusion of many characters from the initial cast was something I had not anticipated, and the fact that they played such primary roles, even less so. Many lines from the play were also seized directly from the original series and given new contexts, which had me reading open-mouthed at the brilliance and care taken in writing this. 
 This was such a poignant read as my beloved childhood reads were once again brought back to life and I will never not give anything Harry Potter related five-stars! 
 I feel it is only appropriate to finish this review with one line: After all this time... Always!