I read and reviewed the two books collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. The collection rating is an average of the two individual ratings, rounded up because Goodreads doesn't do half stars. Of the two books, I preferred Anne of the Island, because I really did enjoy Anne's romance with Gilbert. I always thought it was a shame that it never carried on to the next book (which is part of the reason that Windy Willows only earned three stars from me). Yes, they're still engaged, and yes, Anne is writing him letters and those letters make up substantial parts of the book, but... Gilbert isn't actually in it. And Montgomery is ruthlessly careful to edit out any sense of romance from Anne's letters, so it's all a bit odd, actually. Don't get me wrong, I liked Windy Willows, but I read this series several times as a kid and this is the book I always forget, perhaps because it feels so much like a placeholder in that central relationship.