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Charity Jones has had it tough her whole life, shes an outsider, not just because she's biracial, but she's also way above average in intelligence, pretty much a death sentence if youre trying to be popular.
When her family picks up and leaves the suburbs of Los Angeles for the suburbs of Sacramento, a hotbed of conservatism, this fish out of water is dumped from the frying pan into the fire!

When Charity starts a support group for people that question God, her popularity which was already on the lowest level of the totem pole sinks even lower and she becomes the easy target for bullies.


Charitys life becomes even more complicated when her mother brings home, Adian, a runaway with a mysterious past and when one of her tormentors end up dead and in a particularly brutal way, what comes to light will have Charity questioning even more than the existence of God.


This book is amazing, its so difficult to categorize! Its a murder mystery, a paranormal adventure, a scary monster story and a study in dysfunctional family dynamics.
So many teenagers will relate to different parts of this book because so many issues relevant to teenagers are touched upon,

Snowed is definitely for the older teenager because some weighty issues are dealt with in this welltold novel and there is language, Although this book has holiday elements in it, Snowed can truly be read and enjoyed at any time of the year,

If you want to be that “cool” parent give Snowed as a gift to your teenager, I can definitely see this book as the start of an awesome series featuring Charity and her closeknit group of monster hunters,

I received this book through Net Galley, I really had no idea what to expect when I was given this book, but I'm so glad I finally got around to reading it because it was a cool mixture of mythology, adventure, and creativity.
This was a great suspenseful read so sad it only took me two days to read though, Anyway, I can't wait to get my hands on the second : This was entirely not what I expectedin a good way, It started out much like many other YA novels, then took a sharp turn and never looked back, I loved that Charity is smart and clever and biracial and all the things heroines usually aren't, She falls in love, but it doesn't make her IQ drop in the process, The mythological aspect with Aiden is awesome and unique, I don't like cliffhangers, but the epilogue kept it from being too much of one, Things are in motion for the next book, not just stalled in a heartpounding moment, I also really liked Charity's friendsthey are just an awesome group of people, Really enjoyable and a fun, exciting read, La descargué un poco por curiosidad y me sorprendió normalmente no disfruto mucho del YA, pero Alexander ha conseguido que mi adolescente interior se sienta identificada aunque sea sólo porque mi yo adolescente también era una salida yhabría querido enrollarse con el hijo del Krampus.
La autora sigue siendo un poco torpe con el tema de la diversidad se nota que todos los personajes los ha escrito una mujer blanca heterosexual de cincuenta y pico, pero tiene buenas intenciones y ha mejorado, creo, desde Mister Wicker.
Es una novela juvenil bastante agradable y muy entretenida, estoy deseando leer la segunda parte, I won an advanced copy of this one, and my first thought was, "Cool cover!" And its a pretty cool story as well, For those of you not familiar with the Krampas myth, the idea is that Santa has an evil counterpoint to punish bad children, Apparently the Germans didn't think getting lumps of coal was good enough to keep their kids in line, so they made up a really creepy boogey man.

In this story, Santa's son runs away from his demented father who is both St, Nicholas and Krampas. Aidan falls in love with an engineering whiz of a teenage girl named Charity, and the two of them have quite a lot standing between them and happiness.
For starters there is a monster terrorizing the town that Charity realizes may be more magical than she is prepared to believe in, Not to mention her brother has devolved into a sociopathic terror bent on ruining her life and getting Aidan in trouble with his dad, Charity along with a team of new friends devise a plan to take on Santa and protect Aidan from his fate,
Minor spoiler: Its not a happy ending, but the series isn't over yet! I'm hoping for a Christmas miracle in book!! I highly recommend this twist on all the Christmas myths we grew up hearing! Ill admit, I chose this book based on the cover.
Well, I received a free review copy from LibraryThing, but my request was because of the cover art, It is eerie and wonderful,

I am not a huge fantasy fan, but I could not put this book down, Charity, the main character, was someone I could relate to, even though I am not a STEM person or a skeptical, I was bullied for being different back in high school, I am unfamiliar with Krampus, having only just learned about him last year thanks to American Dad, and I thought the way Maria Alexander retold his story, and Santas, was quite interesting.
The ending was a disappointment, Im all for cliffhangers, but I think I would have preferred the author to stop at the end of the final chapter and not added an epilogue.
There is a LOT of cussing, so if youre put off by swearing, this might

be hard to read, Im not typically a fan of swearing, but it does make the characters more believable,
I didn't know that much about this book when I started reading, so I was in for a surprise when I found out who Aidan really was and what family he came from.


Charity Jones is not your typical teenager girl she's a science genius and popular target for bullying at her school, However, when her mother brings home Aidan, a homeless boy, everything changes, The selfconscious girl can't believe there's actually someone interested in her, and soon she experiences her first true love, However, a happy end is not meant to be, First, there's Charity's brother, a drug dealer and overall mean character, who blames Charity and Aidan for his failures, But even more dangerous is the evil father Aidan fled from and who is determined to bring his son home, Also, Aidan seems to have some secrets of his own, and when a monster starts terrorizing the neighborhood which shares the same startling blue eyes as Aidan, Charity doesn't know whom to trust any longer.
With the help of her equally misfit friends, she is determined to solve the puzzle, unaware of the deadly danger they get themselves in,

the following may contain spoilers
I really really loved the outcome of the plot, as I had no idea about Aidan's origin, which features one of my favorite evil creatures.
I also liked the concept of the 'split personality' of Aidan's father, making him the perfect yin and yang of Christmas,

The one thing I would criticize about this book was the writing style, While it seems to fit the way teenagers think and talk perfectly I guess, it slightly got on my nerves sometimes, However, I hope this will not label the book as YA only, as the plot itself should please older readers as well,

The ending clever idea to stop when it was the most exciting and only add a final, more comforting chapter after the epilogue may hint at a sequel, but not necessarily so.
I'd definitely appreciate to read more about Charity and Aidan, However, a kind of prequel explaining the details of Aidan's background and the reasons for his father's turn to evil would be even better,

A somewhat different and therefore recommended read for the season, . .

I chose to read this book all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased Nonstop thrills!

Christmas will never look the same again! A girl in high school and her friends have to protect their loved ones from the most unexpected monster ever! .
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I received an ecopy of this book via NetGalley, This has in no way influenced my review,

No preamble, I'm just going to jump right into this review with some lists,

Things I Liked:

It was a Christmasthemed fantasy, There aren't a lot of those,

It had a unique and dark take on the legends of Santa and Krampus,

Things I Disliked:

Stereotypes galore, The jocks were stupid and mean, The artsy girl had purple hair, The band geeks and smart people played DampD, You get the drift.

Charity was one of the most unlikable protagonists I've ever read about, She kept talking about how judgmental and prejudiced all the other people were, but she was just as judgmental and prejudiced, only about different things.
She said people who believe in God are gullible, She lumped every athletic person, except Ricardo, together and just constantly insulted and stereotyped them, She didn't want to be seen with Aidan in the beginning because she thought he was weird, At first I thought maybe she was made unlikable on purpose so that she could grow over the course of the book, but, other than her opinion toward Aidan, she didn't seem to change.


I'm all for diversity in books, so it was great that Charity was atheist and biracial, but it was like the author wanted to make sure no one ever forgot those things for evenseconds.
For example, any time the word God or Devil or Heaven or Hell was mentioned, even in a casual way in common phrases, anytime Charity happened to see someone praying or hear someone mention prayer, etc.
, she made sure to remind the reader yet again how she didn't believe in those things, It doesn't matter what religion or nonreligion or ethnicity or anything the character is, I'm happy to read about it as it pertains to the story and affects the character, but I don't want forced reminders on every other page.


On a similar note, she was into engineering and science, which was also great, but the way it was written it was like all science all the time to the point that you would think she'd break out in hives if she were even in the same room as a colored pencil or anything related to any other type of interest.
It just felt like another exaggerated stereotype,

Speaking of exaggerated, that also describes a lot of the characters' behaviors and things that happened,

Instalove. "You mean more to me than my entire life and I would die for you" within a week of meeting type instalove,

So overall this was a great idea for a story involving the Santa and Krampus legends, and it was great that there was diversity, but the stereotypes, the exaggeration, and judgmental protagonist made it ultimately not work for me.


Recommended For:
Young adult readers looking for a darkish Christmasthemed fantasy book who don't mind the issues I pointed out in my review.


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