Since it's December, it's time to post some holiday book reviews! I read some of these last December, some of these this December, and I enjoyed them all. The first three are all in one series that features different main characters in each book, and the last two are in a different series, though none are marked as a series on Goodreads or Amazon. (Well, one is also part of a collection sort of...
I'm back with more sci-fi/fantasy Christmas book recommendations! (And one Hanukkah book this time!) When I first started making these posts, I didn't think there were that many books out there, but it turns out there are actually A LOT. I am a mood reader, and last December, the mood to read SFF Christmas romances hit me strong, so I have a lot of those here. I also have a couple that aren't...
In Snowed in with Santa, a single mom takes a temporary job working at a resort over the holidays only to find herself falling for a hunky Santa. In All I Want for Christmas is a Faerie Assassin, a woman accidentally summons a faerie assassin to be her fake boyfriend over the holidays. In Krampus Hates Christmas, Krampus is sent to live among humans and learns that Christmas can be nice with the...
In The Vampire Grinch, a Christmas-loving human and his Christmas-hating vampire boyfriend fight and make up just in time to celebrate the holiday. In Vampire Claus, a vampire and a human meet on Christmas Eve and deliver gifts to children. In The Vampire's Dinner, a vampire hires a companion each Christmas to tell his truth to before draining them, but this year's victim changes things up by...
A few years ago, I did a post about Christmas-themed sci-fi/fantasy books, and each year around the holidays, it's one of my most visited posts. It seems people want more SFF Christmas books, so I'm back with more book suggestions for the holiday season! Once again, a quick reminder, I didn't personally love all of these, but everyone has different taste! So I still wanted to give them some...
![Book Review: A Vampire for Christmas by Various Authors [Anthology] [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-A-Vampire-for-Christmas-by-Various-Authors-255x255.jpg)
This anthology includes four romance stories about vampires finding love or their happily-ever-after at Christmas Time. A vampire and his former lover meet again after a year apart. A vampire falls for an up-and-coming celebrity. A vampire and his guardian angel attempt to save his soul. Last but not least, a vampire cop falls for a kind diner...
![Graphic Novel Review: Schmuck the Buck by Exo Books [Repost]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Graphic-Novel-Review-Schmuck-the-Buck-by-Exo-Books-255x255.jpg)
Larry has been picked on and excluded for being one of the only Jewish reindeer in the North Pole. But one year, when a mistake is made that could ruin the holiday for all the boys and girls across the world, Larry comes up with a plan that saves...
Everyone knows Drosselmeier as the mysterious toymaker and godfather to the Stahlbaum children who gifts them with a Nutcracker one Christmas Eve. From his childhood as a foundling in a forest, to his confusing teen and young adult years with different families in Germany, to his old age making toys for Klara, this book tells the story of his...
![Book Review: The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Afterlife-of-Holly-Chase-by-Cynthia-Hand-255x255.jpg)
One Christmas Eve, Holly was visited by three ghosts who urged her to change her ways, but she didn't listen. Five years later, she's spending her afterlife working for that very same company as the Ghost of Christmas Past and hating every minute of it, until she unexpectedly finds herself relating to their newest...
It's Christmas Eve, and Clara is shocked when the Nutcracker she received from her Uncle Drosselmeyer comes to life and she finds herself helping him fight a battle against the Mouse King. They escape to his land, Winterdream, where Clara learns she just might be the key to breaking his curse and saving the...
