SOURCE: A review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, in Sun-Sentinel, July 10, 2000, p. K439.

In the following review, Mabe reports that despite the “unseemly hype” preceding it's publication, the fourth installment in J. K. Rowling's “Harry Potter” series will not disappoint readers.

Despite the unseemly hype preceding the publication of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—surely the work of Muggles—there was really no reason to fear that the fourth installment in J. K. Rowling's incredibly popular series of children's fantasies would disappoint.

It doesn't.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire finds the young wizard-in-training facing his most dangerous challenges yet, including the return of his nemesis, evil Lord Voldemort. Complicating matters, he must participate in a lethal magic tournament. And perhaps scariest of all, he tries to muster the courage to ask a girl to the holiday dance.

And yes, a recurring...