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A review by erinxmegan
A Krampus Carol: Gothic Blue Book VI by Laurel Hightower, Nico Bell, Jennifer Quail, Gerardo Pelayo, Victoria Nations, Sarah Michelson, Kathleen Palm, Kara Race-Moore, C.L. Raven, Sage Ravenwood, T.M. Brown, M.C. St. John, Angela Sylvaine, Samson Stormcrow Hayes, Mary Rajotte, Malina Douglas, Madeleine McDonald, K.R. Smith, Kevin M. Folliard, Lawrence Salani, Matt Jean, Deanna Baran, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Shane Douglas Keene, Sara Tantlinger, Jeff Carter, Gary E. Lee, Hailey Piper, Cynthia Pelayo, Monique Quintana, Die Booth, Austrian Spencer, Cindy O’Quinn
5.0
*This book was kindly sent to me in exchange for an honest review*
This collections of stories are inspired by the stories that were often seen in the 18th and 19th centuries.
You can definitely tell that the gothic genre is very prevalent throughout. I mean its even in the name of the book, so expect to feel that gothic horror vibe.
There are 31 stories and poems inside this collection, all dealing with Christmas and the winter months as a whole. Some involve witches, vampires, otherworldly beings, demons, and of course the main demon of the season Krampus.
Krampus is a horned, half demon half goat, who punishes bad children during Christmas time. He’s basically the anti Santa, Santa rewards the good kids with presents and Krampus punishes the bad ones.
Some of my favorite stories of the bunch were: The Night of Epiphany, Black Lace Binding, Letters to Krampus, A Desk Fit for a Purpose, The Last Noel, The Dark- Eyed Boy, and Here We Come A-Caroling.
This is my first Christmas themed horror book I’ve ever read and I’m so disappointed that I haven’t been reading them every year.
This is such a fun collection of stories and poems. I liked every single story I read in this book and I was so sad to see the end. It felt like Christmas every time I got to start a new story because each story felt like a wonderful present. I wasn’t sure what I was going to get, but I always ended up satisfied.
For having 31 different writings all under 200 pages is crazy! I actually didn’t know how many stories/ poems were in there, but I didn’t feel like it dragged on or felt like too much.
In fact, most of the stories were really short and just got straight to the point. It was actually a really nice pace and it didn’t feel rushed or felt like it was dragging.
I was also surprised with so many different authors how well the stories flowed together and seemed really cohesive.
You could tell that they each had a different voice and writing style, but it worked well and didn’t feel all over the place or disjointed.
The stories that featured Krampus were definitely the most fun, just because I’m really fascinated with Krampus and I haven’t read much involving the Christmas demon.
I feel like I’m always surprised with gothic horror, since I don’t read too much of it, I kinda forget about it. But I need to make it a habit of picking up more books featuring it because I always end up enjoying the plots.
I’m thinking I need to check out every one of the Gothic Blue Books because I enjoyed this so much and I feel like I just need more.
This collections of stories are inspired by the stories that were often seen in the 18th and 19th centuries.
You can definitely tell that the gothic genre is very prevalent throughout. I mean its even in the name of the book, so expect to feel that gothic horror vibe.
There are 31 stories and poems inside this collection, all dealing with Christmas and the winter months as a whole. Some involve witches, vampires, otherworldly beings, demons, and of course the main demon of the season Krampus.
Krampus is a horned, half demon half goat, who punishes bad children during Christmas time. He’s basically the anti Santa, Santa rewards the good kids with presents and Krampus punishes the bad ones.
Some of my favorite stories of the bunch were: The Night of Epiphany, Black Lace Binding, Letters to Krampus, A Desk Fit for a Purpose, The Last Noel, The Dark- Eyed Boy, and Here We Come A-Caroling.
This is my first Christmas themed horror book I’ve ever read and I’m so disappointed that I haven’t been reading them every year.
This is such a fun collection of stories and poems. I liked every single story I read in this book and I was so sad to see the end. It felt like Christmas every time I got to start a new story because each story felt like a wonderful present. I wasn’t sure what I was going to get, but I always ended up satisfied.
For having 31 different writings all under 200 pages is crazy! I actually didn’t know how many stories/ poems were in there, but I didn’t feel like it dragged on or felt like too much.
In fact, most of the stories were really short and just got straight to the point. It was actually a really nice pace and it didn’t feel rushed or felt like it was dragging.
I was also surprised with so many different authors how well the stories flowed together and seemed really cohesive.
You could tell that they each had a different voice and writing style, but it worked well and didn’t feel all over the place or disjointed.
The stories that featured Krampus were definitely the most fun, just because I’m really fascinated with Krampus and I haven’t read much involving the Christmas demon.
I feel like I’m always surprised with gothic horror, since I don’t read too much of it, I kinda forget about it. But I need to make it a habit of picking up more books featuring it because I always end up enjoying the plots.
I’m thinking I need to check out every one of the Gothic Blue Books because I enjoyed this so much and I feel like I just need more.