Review: A Christmas story so unusual, it makes the Grinch seem like child’s play.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
If you like the odd, the adventurous, the sci-fi world of magical beings, then this book is for you.~~~~~~Sura takes a job at Frost Plantation.She will meet Mr. Frost, who’s love of Christmas is obsessive, after all he invented Christmas, didn’t he?Sura will find the love of her life and the home she has longed for.She will also meet Jack, who is the opposite of Mr. Frost. Jack hates Christmas.~~~~~~A Christmas story so unusual, it makes the Grinch seem like child’s play.The world building and character descriptions will have your mind working overtime trying to envision them. Tony Bertauski’s imagination knows no bounds as he takes me on a magical, sci-fi adventure after the downfall of the North Pole.There is a love story, but to me that was just the icing on the cake. Jack is the cake.Elves in South Carolina? Impossible? If you saw a round blue guy, what would you think?I love a “guy” that I love to hate and Jack fits that bill to a T.I wanted to laugh and cry with Jack, when I could get over the fact that he was a total a******. I felt bad for him and then I wanted to slap him up side the head. Jack didn’t have visions of sugar plums, but there were reindeer and a jolly fat man dancing in his head. The sun was so hot, but his memories were of white, fluffy snow and ice cold temperatures. He was not a pleasant “person” to be around. All that being said, I have to say that I liked Jack. The things he went through as he came “alive” made me root for him, encouraging him to hang in there, things will get better, won’t they?I was confused for a while, trying to figure out what in the hell happened after all the badness at the North Pole, but as it came together I was even more surprised. This book is darker than Claus, but every bit as entertaining to read.I love a surprise at the end, and Tony left me screaming for more!When Tony says, “I’d rather sail a boat than climb a mountain”, I smiled, nodded my head and said to myself, “I’m with you Tony.”I received this book from the author in return for an honest and unbiased review.