Review: Fun Christmas Tale - Immediately Downloaded Other Books By the Author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2012
These free or cheap .99c Kindle short stories (as this was at the time of this review) are hit and miss, but this one's brilliant.  I imagine authors give them away for free or next to nothing to get you to experience their talent, hoping you'll love their book and then buy their other stuff.  Well I loved this story, and have downloaded a few others.  If they are just as good I'll buy the hard copy novels, which the author provides basic plot details of at the end of this story. If you have read and enjoyed Christopher Moore's comedy horror/fantasy world novels, such asThe Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terroryou've got to download Attack of the Sugar Plum Fairies as it is similar in style.  The tale will only take you about ten to fifteen minutes to read but you'll enjoy every second of it.  You'll probably be passing your kindle to colleagues at the lunch table to read it after you since you'll be pointing out facts you've never thought of but should have such as Santa doesn't have a toilet in his sleigh so has to use ones in houses he visits.Basic plot happens on Christmas Eve, the population of sugar plum fairies are about to attack Santa's elves who have oppressing them for years.  Meanwhile Santa keeps having to rush into the toilet with explosive diarrhoea caused by one of his faithful friends (I won't give away who) whose wife is being blackmailed by the fairies. During the attack the elves complain about the fact they have to wear sexually suggestive costumes that aren't suitable to the cold climates and provide a heap of other brilliantly funny commentary that has you thinking about aspects of Christmas and the wider fantasy fiction world you never did before.