Reading: Merry Happy Valkyrie

Tansy Rayner Roberts' Merry Happy Valkyrie is a Christmas novella set in the small Tasmanian town of Matilda, which is the only place in Australia guaranteed to have a white Christmas every single year. Weather forecaster Lief Fraser grew up in Matilda but left as soon as she could, and she isn't keen on being sent back to report on the strange phenomenon of the town's weather, especially as she will have to keep her bubbly camerawoman from sniffing out the town's other secrets while they're there.

Merry Happy Valkyrie is an entertaining mixture of Norse mythology and smalltown Australia, with a touch of sapphic romance added in. I liked this a lot, and definitely recommend it to anyone looking for festive comfort reads.