Fairy Tale Christmas

Fairy Tale Christmas is a new book coming out by Michael and Scott McLean. The premise is both entertaining and amusing. The fairy tale villains are tired of losing! They hate that the good guys get to enjoy their happily-ever-afters while they remain miserable. Unfortunately, they can’t merely take away these endings from the heroes and heroines. These endings have to be given willingly. However, this year the villains are certain they have a full-proof plan! They are going to kidnap Santa Claus and hold him ransom!

The book has a charm that comes with it. After all, it has Santa Claus and fairy tales. It’s almost impossible to go wrong with that. I also have to commend whoever designed the cover. The story certainly has a juvenile feel to it, one that would appeal to a younger audience. Sometimes I felt like it was written for a young teenage boy audience, but every now and then I felt something else was written to appeal to female readers. The only part of the book that I worry is going to be way over a young reader’s head is the end, when they make a couple references to the musical Oliver! Seriously, how many 13-14 year-olds have seen or even heard of that musical?

But when all is said and done, the book is entertaining and has a nice storyline. Santa has a neat theory in this book that he plans to pursue to bring out the good in everyone. If you know anything about Michael McLean, you know he likes to end with everybody as happy as possible, and you can certainly count on that in this book. Overall I think this will be an enjoyable story for young readers this holiday season.