


Holly grows up looking at the world from the outside, yearning to experience life outside of the magical palace that keeps her safe, but isolated. She has a few unusual, loyal to the bitter end friends (I love Euphemia and Empy in particular). The infant princess, Holly, is cursed by a terrible warlock and is then raised in a very sheltered, lonely way. The Legend of Holly Claus is, in essence, a fairytale, and I'm a sucker for fairytales. However, from the very first page, I fell in love. My family has never done 'Santa Claus' in any way, shape or form, so it was an unusual choice for me. Maybe it was the pretty cover, or the setting of mid-1800s New York. I"m not sure what led me to read this book, but I am very glad I did.
