My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Ratings24
Average rating3.5
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Ratings24
Average rating3.5
"If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Years, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love"--
These 12 tales of holiday romance, from the surreal to the intensely true-to-life, are authored by twelve popular YA authors, including Holly Black, Laini Taylor, Matt de la Peña and others. Some texts contain profanity and sexual situations.
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Cute collection of stories by some great authors to put you in the Christmas mood. Some stories I wish could have gone on longer whereas others I could barely get through because they just didn't catch my attention. My favorites were Midnights by Rainbow Rowell and It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins.
I'm so excited about this collection of Holiday themed shorts. Some of the authors are new to me, some I already love. I'm going to do some “by story” reviewing, so I don't forget which is which.
Midnights by Rainbow Rowell - Loved it. I just read my first book by Rainbow recently(Fangirl). Great way to start off the collection.
The Lady and the Fox by Kelly Link - Very interesting. I couldn't tell if it was set in period or modern at first, which I kind of liked. I haven't read this author before and I would be curious about her other work.
Angels in the Snow by Matt De La Pena - skipped because there was a lot of language at the beginning. I went back after I had finished the rest of the stories, and while the style was not my favorite at first, I ended up liking it. I'm from southern California, so while I'm from Orange County and not San Diego, I still got a lot of the references.
Polaris is Where You'll Find Me by Jenny Han - Another interesting one. Again I was unfamiliar with the author. Different take on North Pole elves.
It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins - Another loved it! My first taste of this author and I'm definitely going to look into reading more from her. I loved the characters.
Your Temporary Santa by David Levithan - I was skeptical about this story at first, but it grew on me. I thought the interaction with the younger sisters was sweet. And as a kid who grew up not believing in Santa, I thought the parts about how he accidentally revealed it to another kid was pretty funny. (I never did any such thing, by the way. That I know of.)
Christmas, CA by Kiersten White was really cute.
Star of Bethlehem by Ally Carter - this author was the reason that I heard about the book. Loved the story! I'm a little sad there's only one more story left.
The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer by Laini Taylor - Another author that was new to me. It was a very imaginative fantasy story, unlike anything else I've read. So unique!
I'm so glad I read this collection. Now I'm excited to check out more books from some of the authors I hadn't read yet.
A mixed bag, as with any anthology, but overall completely charming. I loved it.
Midnights by Rainbow Rowell: 4/5
The Lady and The Fox by Kelly Link: 2/5
Angels In The Snow by Matt de la Peña: 2/5
Polaris Is Where You'll Find Me by Jenny Han: 5/5 (
It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins: 4/5
Your Temporary Santa by David Levithan: 3/5
Krampuslauf by Holly Black: 2/5
What The Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth? by Gayle Forman: 2/5
Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus by Myra McEntire: 2/5
Welcome To Christmas, CA by Kiersten White: 5/5
Star of Bethlehem by Ally Carter: 4/5
The Girl Who Woke The Dreamer by Laini Taylor: 1/5
