Between how beautiful this book is and how excited I was to read it, Krampus had no business being this boring or this disappointing. I really wish this hadn't been my first Brom experience! I'll try other books by him since this one is as old as it is now (13 years old at the time I'm writing this), but it definitely soured my expectations. The story dragged forever, I cared about literally NONE of the characters except Krampus himself, I hated the ending, and the Native American writing was some of the worst I've seen in a long time. This book as a whole felt like I was reading something mediocre penned in the late 80s, not an incredibly hyped book barely over a decade old.