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ClareR (5869 KP) rated Afraid of the Christmas Lights in Books

Dec 1, 2020  
Afraid of the Christmas Lights
Afraid of the Christmas Lights
Val McDermid, Sophie Hannah, T.E. Kinsey, Mark Billingham, Elle Croft, Phoebe Morgan, James Delargy, S.R. Masters, Victoria Selman, Clare Empson, Harriet Tyce, Kate Simants, Heather Critchlow, Adam Southward, N.J. Mackay, Rachael Blok, Dominic Nolan, Jo Furniss, Robert Scragg | 2020 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry
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I don’t like Christmas books. Usually. I like A Christmas Carol, but I tend not to read many modern Christmas books - unless they’re children’s ones at work, or when I used to read them for my own children when they were little. Which is probably why I liked this so much. Usually in anthologies, there will be a few standout stories that make reading the collection as a whole worthwhile, but I’ve really struggled to single out one or two - I enjoyed them all far too much for that.

Most of the stories are set around Christmas with only a couple of exceptions. That didn’t cause me to like them any less though. The real standouts for me (if I absolutely HAVE to choose!) were: Phoebe Morgan’s Unexpected Present - the gift wrapped so nicely in expensive M&S paper being the main protagonists husband; The Switch by James Delargy had a Stephen King vibe to it (and I should add that it wasn’t because of The Green Mile!); Fresh Meat by Elle Croft gives new meaning to a raw meat diet for your cat; and The Vigilante by Clare Empson was a sad story of a Charles Dickens look-a-like who tries to save victims of crime in the dead of night.

If you need an excuse to buy this, then the proceeds go to ESDAS and Rights of Women, both domestic abuse charities.

Many thanks to The PIgeonhole for serialising this book, and to the authors who joined in. As always, it was a great experience!!
  
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