A review by kzeender
A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories by Jonathan Maberry, Mercedes Lackey, Mike Resnick, Patricia Briggs, Brad R. Torgerson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ken Scholes, Heather Graham, Keith J. Olexa, Kevin J. Anderson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 I did not enjoy this book as much as I was hoping to. I think mainly because I don't know most of the characters in the short stories and I just had a hard time connecting with the characters before it was time to move on to the next book. I picked up this book specifically because I wanted to read about Asil in Patricia Briggs short story Unappreciative Gifts. I also very much enjoyed the first story in the book called naughty and nice. here we have a detective that is trying to find the stolen naughty and nice list for Santa Claus.

if you know the books or the words that these stories come from then I think you would enjoy the book, but if you don't this might be a book to skip.