J.K. Rowling’s long-awaited “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” was set for release just after midnight last night, with bookstores all over the world hosting late-night release parties.
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But the announcement in 2013 of three Fantastic Beasts films, a London play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, opening this weekend, and a corresponding book release of the script has expanded the Potter universe and re-awakened fandom.
She said: “I read them [Harry Potter books] as a teenager, and I’ve been a fan since then – my whole life basically”.
The book is available at multiple retailers, including: Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Target.
Sheryans, 16, said he was not sure he’d ever get the chance to see another Harry Potter book launch.
Words can not explain how much excitement and fizz I felt while reading this stupendous book.
Fans have been encouraged not to share spoilers by creator, JK Rowling.
I guessed numerous plot twists with my best mate Isabelle, who read it with me, and seeing them unfold in front of us was really, truly fulfilling. “I always dreamed of becoming like Harry Potter since I was little”, said Alvarez, of Flushing, Queens.
“When I first started it was really hard to know what was happening because everything was mixed up, but then it all got quite exciting – and a bit (a bit!) clearer”. Harry, Hermione, Ron and the rest are adults, whose own children are heading off to school. “I’m excited to see how the magical world has changed in a modern way”.
“His oldest child, Albus, is just about to go to Hogwarts himself and it’s the story of Harry not quite escaping the past, but we’ll all have to read it to see what happens”.
Natasha Reeves, 17, was another keen customer to get to the store as the tills opened.
Fans of Harry Potter will always hold on to the faint possibility that JK Rowling may return to her most famous creation.
“And I think you’re going to love it”.
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It was co-devised by Rowling, written by Jack Thorne and directed by John Tiffany.
