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jdeternal's review
3.0
A nice little holiday anthology. There are a couple complete stories, but most are prologues to books coming in 2020. I did take to a couple authors and add their books to my lists.
redhairedashreads's review
5.0
The above rating is just for the story Hauntings and Humbug by Melanie Karsak.
This is a steampunk retelling of A Christmas Carol. I don’t actually like the original but I loved this book. Ebony Scrooge has not had an easy life and has become bitter with each passing year. Her dreams of a whimsical mechanical shop have died and she has turned to making weapons for the blackmarket. After being visited by three ghosts she realizes how far she has turned away from everyone. She sets about to turn her life around and be a better person and aunt.
I loved the twist on the characters, the situations, and that she is a tinkerer. Ebony has had a rough go at it and lost basically all of her family. I felt really bad for her but could see why she turned her back on the world. I enjoyed every minute of this story and would love to see her pop up in a future book.
This is a steampunk retelling of A Christmas Carol. I don’t actually like the original but I loved this book. Ebony Scrooge has not had an easy life and has become bitter with each passing year. Her dreams of a whimsical mechanical shop have died and she has turned to making weapons for the blackmarket. After being visited by three ghosts she realizes how far she has turned away from everyone. She sets about to turn her life around and be a better person and aunt.
I loved the twist on the characters, the situations, and that she is a tinkerer. Ebony has had a rough go at it and lost basically all of her family. I felt really bad for her but could see why she turned her back on the world. I enjoyed every minute of this story and would love to see her pop up in a future book.
emlickliter's review
4.0
Wicked Winters by Melanie Karsak --So some of these stories are a 5 and some of them I didn't finish because I'm not a big scary/thriller person. But I bought the collection for the Melanie Karsak story because I loved her Christmas retelling from last year. Her remake of A Christmas Carol by Dickens did not disappoint! Though you will never get me to admit it in real life, it may have caught me right in the feels and I may have had to take a few deep breaths. The first four stories in the collection were also pretty cool if you want paranormal in your holiday festivities! The last four were a little creepier than I usually swing for, but I did at least try a taste of them all. I think it was totally worth the great price I got on it! Happy Reading!
kwashington's review
1.0
I enjoyed the first story, the twist on the old Christmas Carol, however the rest of it kind of fell flat and felt forced.
wolfsbanebooks's review against another edition
2.0
Some stories were fun to read, but a lot of them were just rushed and confusing. Also, some were excerpts of their books while others were written for this one, I assume and there was little consistency.
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