Genre: Holiday Thriller
Published: November 1, 2024
Pages: 360
25 days, 25 chapters. This December, the countdown to Christmas will chill you to the bone.
Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone starts leaving gifts in the Christmas stocking mounted on the barn door.
Each morning brings something new, and with every passing day, the contents become more terrifying. Soon, the family makes a spine-chilling realization: they’ve been dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa, and if they want to survive, they will have to fight.
Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone starts leaving gifts in the Christmas stocking mounted on the barn door.
Each morning brings something new, and with every passing day, the contents become more terrifying. Soon, the family makes a spine-chilling realization: they’ve been dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa, and if they want to survive, they will have to fight.
I fell for the hype of this book designed to be read like an advent calendar. And even though I started a few days late, I soon caught up and read just a single chapter a day, all the way through Christmas. And while I always have multiple books started, making progress here and there, this was still a unique approach even for me.
I liked the way this book cycled through character POVs with each day change. I felt that made the progression of events a little more believable because it was easy to see where the essential compartmentalization of knowledge caused problems overall.
I struggled to suspend belief when the almost god-like killer started making big moves. He really seemed to be everywhere all at once and knew things he shouldn't have known. The miraculous resurrection of one of the family members was also hard to accept.
It also bothered me that in the end, I have no clue what the villain's motivation was at all. And this seemed way too planned to not have some sort of motivation to it.
Overall I give 25 Days 3.0548 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Per Jacobsen is a Danish author best known for writing thrillers with supernatural elements. He got his literary debut in 2018 when his novel, Spejlkabinettet (Mansion of Mirrors), got picked up by the publishing house Valeta in Denmark.
Per Jacobsen’s next three books (books 1-3 in the Strung series) were translated to English and gave him his international breakthrough as they quickly went to the top of bestseller lists in several countries, including the US and England. Since, he has written several popular novels, including Dry and the Advent horror hit 25 Days.
Since the release of his second book, Per Jacobsen has been a full-time writer, living permanently in southern Spain with his wife and two children.
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