A tale of greed and corruption. Santa is in trouble, he's out of step with the modern consumer and has been tricked into relocating from the North Pole in an effort to modernise Christmas. But unbeknown to him, World powers are conspiring to steal his magic and take over Christmas for their own ends. There are elves, suffragettes, reindeer, sleighs, tinsel and bells, energy drink and murder!The three world superpowers and their dastardly leaders will stop at nothing to gain the upper hand and become world dictator. The modern world and all it's advances are at their disposal, Santa only has his traditions and elves, he must update to fight these oppressors to return Christmas and all it's real joy, back to the people of the world.Another, older evil also wants to muscle in. For her, money and greed rule and she is prepared to double cross them all to have everything.
Elf and Efficiency introduces you to a vast number of characters. We get to see some well-known ones, like Santa, Rudolph and the other reindeer, Scrooge, and the Snow Queen. With all the holiday romcoms I read in December, this was a nice change of pace.
Each chapter, twist, and turn definitely kept the pages turning. I didn't know what to expect when it came to everyone involved either. Especially when it came to the drama surrounding the North Pole and Santa. So, in a way, that kept me on my toes too. I'll admit that it had its entertaining moments as well. A lot more than I thought would appear.
Other than that, it was surprisingly an entertaining book. One that was never on my radar until a challenge. I'm very happy that I took a chance on this book and secretly wonder if there's a sequel. Mostly because that ending kind of seems like Steve would write another one.