You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I'm telling you why.
Krampus is coming to town
Good little boys and girls dream of presents and goodies on Christmas morning, but the citizens of Havencrest remember a more sinister entity haunting their holidays. Bad little boys and girls don't get lumps of coal in their stockings when Krampus comes a'calling. Teeth and claws that grab and snatch. Brambles and switches that cut and slash. Those are the things the naughty children get - if they're lucky.
Mattie and her friends hear the echoing laugh of the Yule Lord, the devil with horns and his dark, black sack - all the better to snatch little children in the night. No holiday in Havencrest would be complete without witches and monsters fighting in the night. Can Mattie save Christmas from this merry devil? Only time will tell.
He knows if you've been bad or good. So be good for goodness sake!
Like so many other writers, Shauna grew up as an avid reader, but it was in high school that she realized she wanted to be a writer. She released the first installment of her Paranormal YA Series, The Elemental Series, Earth, on May 1, 2011 and has since released four sequels, with the series coming to an end with Spirit. In December of 2013 she release the first in her Paranormal Post-Apocalyptic trilogy, World of Ash. She is currently hard at work on one too many projects, trying to organize the many voices in her head. It's a writer thing.
I thought this was an awesome book. I've heard stories of Krampus and much of the information matched. On top of that the idea of the gods/goddesses gaining power from belief is something I've heard of before. It doesn't matter what people believe, but to believe in something gives it power, or so I believe. Either way it was an awesome book.