Secret Santa by Andrew ShafferMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This was an easy enough read but mostly terrible! I wanted it to be both spookier and Christmas-y-er.
Christmas Buddy Read with Juliette!
Man, if we had that book podcast and we talked about our feelings of this book, I feel like we'd kinda destroy it haha.
The story starts with Nazis, then transitions ever so smoothly into a girl interviewing at a super creepy publishing house. What follows is just as nonsensical. There are some strange things occurring but nothing that was really creepy enough to satisfy my horror urges.
It gets good (and then really strange) about two thirds in, but it just wasn't enough to save it.
Then again, we did only pay like $8 so it's not like I was expecting a Christmas Miracle in the writing.
Still, no real holiday vibes here - this could easily have been set around a birthday with no change to the story.
I think it was trying to be funny and that's why the horror is lacking, but since I didn't find it really funny, either, it was mostly just a dud.
I wouldn't really recommend it, but as a buddy read it was a fun one to suffer through together!
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