Book source ~ NetGalley
23 October 2018
Anthology | Horror | Holiday
384 Pages
My Rating ~ 3 bites and a nibble
I have to admit I like
the combination of Christmas and Horror. What? I’m not weird, you are. Anyway,
this 18 story anthology is as tightly wrapped as an unwilling kidnap victim.
While I occasionally enjoy a good holiday horror, I’ve found that the genre as a whole is
hit or miss with me. The same goes with this collection. Nearly all of the
authors are new-to-me, so if I go by my reaction to several of these stories
then I probably won’t be checking out the rest of their work. But I may change
my mind. Miracles can happen. I’ve put an * next to the titles I really like.
Absinthe & Angels ~
Kelley Armstrong ~ Trippy
Christmas in Barcelona*
~ Scott Smith ~ Unexpected
Fresh as the New-Fallen
Snow ~ Seanan McGuire ~ Meh
Love Me ~ Thomas E.
Sniegoski ~ Creepy as fuck.
Not Just for Christmas ~
Sarah Lotz ~ Wtf did I just read?
Tenets ~ Josh Malerman ~
Blah
Good Deeds ~ Jeff Strand
~ Meh
It’s a Wonderful Knife*
~ Christopher Golden ~ Oooohhh!
Mistletoe and Holly ~
James A. Moore ~ Whoa. Harsh
Snake’s Tail ~ Sarah
Langan ~ I don’t get it.
The Second Floor of the
Christmas Hotel* ~ Joe Lansdale ~ Like!
Farrow Street ~
Elizabeth Hand ~ Boring and confusing
Doctor Velocity ~
Jonathan Maberry ~ Very meh
Yankee Swap* ~ John M.
McIlveen ~ Sorta Saw-like?
Honor Thy Mother* ~
Angela Slatter ~ Nice!
Home* ~ Tim Lebbon ~
Whoa
Hiking Through ~ Michael
Koryta ~ Meh
The Hangman’s Bride* ~
Sarah Pinborough ~ This might be my favorite.
I like how you reviewed these! I have this and will be reading it this weekend. It'll be fun to see how I feel about these too.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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