"A brilliant, charming tale of whimsy"
The last of the Goblins!!? Say it ain't so, Miz Melanie! We
don't know nuttin' about birthin' Gremlins!! You haven't
destroyed the Kentucky Derby or the Highland Games....The
Goblins meet the Loch Ness Monster (Toho was screaming for
the rights to make a movie of this one!!). Goblins destroy
the Olympics...Goblins take over the Romantic Times
Convention...Goblins purchase Dorchester Publishing and
makes all their writers write Goblin tales! Everyone
already knows they have seized Amland (Amazon). We simply
NEED more Goblins!! Melanie Jackson created one of the most
original series and each book was special, bringing forth
characters that were cross-fey, mixing lore and fantasy and
giving readers a fresh touch of magick! So I REFUSE to
accept this is the last one. I shall gnaw on your editor's
ankle. Send him a basket of Goblin Fruit -- yeah, that's
the ticket. In the Saint -- no, it's not Simon Templar -- this Saint, a
Death Fey, travels about our planet spreading merry ho ho,
sort of a cupid ala Saint Nic, bringing romance and love,
thus dispelling evil. The Goblins down in Goblinville ain't
happy, no siree...so they poison him. But you cannot kill a
Death Fey, so one day he vanished and even Rudolph couldn't
find him to play reindeer games. He is discovered wandering
the northern tundra living with the Coca-Cola bears and
with his mind a blank. The fey naturally assume this is an
evil Goblin plot to take over Christmas. And lo, were they
ever right! As Kris slowly gets his wherewithal back, he is shocked to
learn the Goblins have been up to their old tricks and have
messed with the hohoho season (won't the retailers be
soooooo mad!!). To help solve what happen and find Rudolph,
Donner and Blitzen, Kris hires one Adora Navarra to put a
new spin on the man in the Red Suit's PR. Naturally, Adora has bought into the Goblin Menace's Memory
Mess. She is just a wee tad resistant to writing the
biography of this nutcase...hum...Kris Kringle in Armani.
Soon the lass is not really caring if he thinks he is Simon
Templar, Santa or Billy Jack in HoHo town as she follows
him, meeting the various fey warriors that have been
battling the Goblin plots, while they prepare for a major
showdown. It's an utterly brilliant, charming tale of whimsy as only
Jackson can deliver. The series in order: Traveler, The
Outsider, The Courier, Still Life, The Master and The Saint. More Goblins -- PLEASE!!!!!!!! Reviewed by DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Posted March 12, 2006
Reviewed by Deborah Macgillivray
Posted November 25, 2006
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