Advent Calendar Review: Four Alternative Christmas Presents by Tam MacNeil

December 27th

Reviewed by Tidal

TITLE: Four Alternative Christmas Presents

SERIES: Sleigh Ride (2015 Advent Calendar)

AUTHOR: Tam MacNeil

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 24 Pages

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It’s Christmas Eve, and newly minted superhero Matt AKA “Strong Man” is in the middle of taking down one of Central City’s most notorious criminals, the mesmerist and villain Dr. Destructo. It’s Matt’s first mission, and he’s working with his idol and secret crush, Jake X-Ray. He doesn’t want anything to go wrong.

Unfortunately for him, everything goes wrong. Soon Matt finds himself racing through alternative presents, trying to capture Dr. Destructo and trying to figure out why all the Matts in these other scenarios have the one thing he really wants—a relationship with Jake.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2015 Advent Calendar package “Sleigh Ride”.

REVIEW:

One of the lines used in this book was “You should never meet your heroes.” I found that quote very amusing and very true. I really liked this story. I am a diehard superhero fan, I’m a sucker for a short love story, and I love Christmas. With a combination like that you cannot go wrong. This wonderful story reads like a comic book without the pictures except the author tells that in a way that you can easily visualize the pictures in your mind without a problem.

Jake X-Ray is Matt’s mentor. At his side Matt get nervous, starts sweating, becomes klutzy, stammers stutters and makes mistakes like a teenage boy in eighth grade. It’s painful to watch, but easy to relate to because everyone has been there at some point or another. He has it bad for Jake and that is not good. He is the newest addition to the Superhero Team of course and Dr. Destructo is the evil arch villain reigning evil. Reading this book is like watching the Saturday morning cartoons again except this time around the hot guys in spandex get to kiss, the cute guy gets the hot super hero at the end, and good does triumph over evil. I dare not say more in ccase I spoil the story. This book is definitely worth your time and worth your money. I must confess I used to be a book snob thinking that if a book was too short I was being robbed of a good story but I was very wrong. If you miss out on this one you will miss out on something really special for Christmas.

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