![]() ![]() I won’t discuss the other Norse tie-in as it’s a spoiler, but it was a delightful surprise that I never would have considered. Whatever Krampus’s true origins may be, I found Brom’s Norse mythological take on his story absolutely fascinating. There’s a good deal of debate over whether Krampus is a lesser member of the Norse pantheon and potentially the grandson of Loki, as Brom supposes in this novel, or if he’s tied more to Germanic paganism. I had to do some research of my own as I didn’t know much about the origins of Krampus and was immediately taken in by Brom’s Norse take on the myth of Krampus. This take on Krampus was absolutely fascinating. I have never been more pleasantly surprised by a book with such a disturbing cover. Strangely enough, Krampus ended up being one of my favorite books of the year, providing a depth and nuance to famous and infamous figures that surprised me, as well as giving me a cast of new characters to root for. ![]() This book was profound and though-provoking and so much more emotional than I anticipated. What I got was wildly different and infinitely more powerful. ![]() I went into Krampus fully expecting a horror novel that ripped Christmas apart. I was reading A Christmas Carol, which has been my Christmas tradition for about a decade now, and decided to balance it out with something completely different. Picking up Krampus: The Yule Lord started out as a bit of a joke. ![]()
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