Everything about her is declared to be wrong, while the well-meaning, if forceful, residents of Halloween Town try to mold her into their idea of what the Queen of Halloween ought to be. Things are made infinitely worse when they return home and Sally is thrust into a royal role she isn’t certain she wants. Ruby is everything Sally isn’t, and already the newly crowned Pumpkin Queen is beginning to feel the pressures of her new role at Jack’s side. While there, they take in all the sights the town has to offer - most of which involve sugar and chocolate - and even meet the queen of Valentine Town, Ruby. Jack takes Sally to the grove of holiday trees and through the Valentine’s Day door. With Halloween only two weeks away, the couple can only take a short honeymoon, but they are certainly going to make the most of it. The story opens immediately after the wedding of Jack Skellington and Sally, nearly a year after the end of The Nightmare Before Christmas. But one question we can settle right away is as follows: Is Shea Ernshaw’s Long Live the Pumpkin Queen a sweet, romantic read for anytime of year? The answer in short is a resounding yes. Hearing “This is Halloween” in November doesn’t ever feel quite right. I personally land on Halloween, purely because I’ve never enjoyed watching movies about a holiday after the holiday in question has ended. The age old debate is always whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or a Christmas movie.
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