Review pt 2: Holidays are Hell – Lynsay Sands

There’s no place like home for the horrordays – unless you’d prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard . . . or a sexy vampire of your dreams. The (black) magical season is here – and whether it’s a solstice séance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshapen Christmas with the remarkable Lynsay Sands, a blood-chilling-and-spilling New Year’s with the wonderful Marjorie M. Liu or a super-powered Thanksgiving with the phenomenal Vicki Pettersson, one thing is for certain: in the able hands of these exceptional dark side explorers, the holidays are going to be deliciously hellish!

My story, Run Run Rudolph!, is about Jill, the sister of Kyle from my story in Dates From Hell. It seems the problems with the destabilizer didn’t end with Claire and Kyle. Their old co-worker, John Heathcliffe, won’t let it end. He is still determined to zap a human guinea pig and then experiment on them, but now he’s set his sites on Jill. –Lynsay Sands

Review:
Run, Run, Rudolph by Lynsay Sands - I haven’t read anything by Lynsay Sands before, but I’m a little surprised that her story was included in this anthology because its basically a typical contemporary romance with an added sci-fi element. Jill gets struck with a destabilizing ray by an evil scientist and goes on the run through a parade and Christmas party with her longtime crush Nick.  Jill new superpowers include being able to take on the appearance of anyone or thing (remember the title?) that she sees.  Of course while on the run, Jill and Nick take a few breaks for a steamy make out session, and a near coupling in the parking lot.  For a story that was only 90 pages long, the sexual content felt abruptly introduced and overly emphasized.

Sexual Content:
A scene of heavy petting, a graphic sex scene that isn’t quite consummated.

Click HERE to read an excerpt of "Run, Run, Rudolph".

*Note* Run, Run, Rudolph is part of the Holidays are Hell anthology.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Harper (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061239097
• ISBN-13: 978-0061239090
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches