A review by emlickliter
Snowed by Maria Alexander
5.0
I won an advanced copy of this one, and my first thought was, "Cool cover!" And its a pretty cool story as well. For those of you not familiar with the Krampas myth, the idea is that Santa has an evil counterpoint to punish bad children. Apparently the Germans didn't think getting lumps of coal was good enough to keep their kids in line, so they made up a really creepy boogey man.
In this story, Santa's son runs away from his demented father who is both St.Nicholas and Krampas. Aidan falls in love with an engineering whiz of a teenage girl named Charity, and the two of them have quite a lot standing between them and happiness. For starters there is a monster terrorizing the town that Charity realizes may be more magical than she is prepared to believe in. Not to mention her brother has devolved into a sociopathic terror bent on ruining her life and getting Aidan in trouble with his dad. Charity along with a team of new friends devise a plan to take on Santa and protect Aidan from his fate.
Minor spoiler: Its not a happy ending, but the series isn't over yet! I'm hoping for a Christmas miracle in book 2!! I highly recommend this twist on all the Christmas myths we grew up hearing!
In this story, Santa's son runs away from his demented father who is both St.Nicholas and Krampas. Aidan falls in love with an engineering whiz of a teenage girl named Charity, and the two of them have quite a lot standing between them and happiness. For starters there is a monster terrorizing the town that Charity realizes may be more magical than she is prepared to believe in. Not to mention her brother has devolved into a sociopathic terror bent on ruining her life and getting Aidan in trouble with his dad. Charity along with a team of new friends devise a plan to take on Santa and protect Aidan from his fate.
Minor spoiler: Its not a happy ending, but the series isn't over yet! I'm hoping for a Christmas miracle in book 2!! I highly recommend this twist on all the Christmas myths we grew up hearing!