Another Rainbow Advent Calendar (http://alexjane.info/rainbow-advent-calendar-2022/) offering. I think this one was... sweet, but kind of weird? :) It's a rather short story, but I got the weird feeling that it could have been even shorter and lose nothing—and I'm normally an "I wish this was longer" kind of reader. Maybe I would feel differently if I'd read the original novel first and was already familiar with the characters—then it could have been cool to see all the familiar faces. On the other hand, it's my understanding that the novel all these fictional people come from isn't even out yet.

All in all, yeah, it was pretty sweet: a couple who haven't been together all that long hanging out with friends, exchanging gifts in the form of a party game with baked-in pranks. The first half of the story had all that build up about how wild the group is when it comes to game, jokes, and pranking, but honestly? Yeah, the central prank was fun and sweet, but it didn't seem anywhere worthy of that kind of build-up. Then again, maybe this is just my opinion that says a lot about my own group of friends... :D