Review: Odd Story
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
Not sure if this book's a spin-off of another book, but if it isn't, it should have been.  I felt the story started in the middle, without covering the history between the main couple well enough for me to be interested in them, then the H only makes an appearance about 70% into the book, and in no time, their relationship is back on and better than ever.While the concept of the book was interesting, the story could have been better developed. I did like the idea of a book with Christmas themed characters, but I wasn't sold on the idea that the entire North Pole is a law enforcement unit with Santa as the Chief.  Then the rule that anyone who wants to leave the North Pole for any reason, has to put-in a request with Santa detailing the why, when, where, who, and how of their trip was a bit over-the-top.  I would've never pegged Santa for a dictator.I also wasn't happy with the author's failure to commit to any details.  There's no description of what the h looks like, we don't even know simple things like her hair color or height, and we only find out her eye color when H decides on a blue dress to match.  What little detail we get of the H is that he has long white hair with silver streaks (huh?) frosty eyes and lean elf muscles - not sure what those are, but they don't sound too appealing.  Even towards the end, the h is in some hot, tropical location she doesn't recognize, but the author never picks one - she just randomly knows she's not in the north eastern United States...um ok great, but couldn't we at least know if she's in Florida or Fiji?Overall, the story had potential, but fell short for me.