Book 95, 2021

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The Witch of the North Pole by Snow Eden

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Earlier today I finished reading the ebook The Witch of the North Pole by Snow Eden. It's the first part of the "Cinnamon Mercy Claus" series, told in first-person point of view by Cinnamon.

When Cinnamon comes home for Christmas, she finds that her parents have skipped town and are off on a holiday vacation. They left her a ticket to visit her grandparents instead. Cinnamon arrives at her destination and is whisked away by her grandmother...to the North Pole! There she learns that her grandparents are none other than Santa Claus and Mrs Claus, and that her grandmother is a powerful witch. It's her magic that powers Santa's work shop and keeps Christmas running smoothly. However, Nana (as Cinnamon begins calling her) is feeling overworked and under-appreciated. She plans to wash her hands of Christmas by informing Cinnamon that she's a witch, too, and then dumping everything on her with no training. Cinnamon wants no part of it, but she can't let Santa or the children down. Besides, she's determined to heal the rift between her grandparents. Cinnamon is aided by elves, faeries, and a mortal man who accidentally sees some of the elves when Nana's cloaking magic begins to fade. It turns out the local villagers had long suspected who their neighbors were, and they are eager to help Cinnamon make things right for Nana.

A bit trite, but mostly fun fluff. It was entertaining to see Cinnamon go from thinking everyone around her was losing their minds to accepting the truth of her heritage and fighting to save it.

Favorite line: She wasn't just mad, she was 'light you on fire, smite you and your family' mad.

This deserves a 3 1/2, but since I can't award half stars, I'll bump it up to four.