My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Ratings29
Average rating3.6
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.
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
I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much. It's a lovely and sweet collection of short stories about young lovers, magic, coincidences and Christmas. I'll definitely re-read it in the future :)
3 stars I listened to these on audiobook. Individual ratings:Midnight by Rainbow Rowell 4 starsThe Lady and the Fox by Kelly Link 3 starsAngels in the Snow by Matt de la Peña 4.5 starsPolaris Is Where You'll Find Me by Jenny Han 2 starsIt's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins 4.5 starsYour Temporary Santa by David Levithan 5 starsKrampuslauf by Holly Black 5 starsWhat the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth? by Gayle Forman 2 starsBeer Buckets and Baby Jesus by Myra McEntire 1 star. (Fastforward the ending, I just couldn't do it.)Star of Bethlehem by Ally Carter 3.5 stars02The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer by Laini Taylor 4 stars
Midnights: 3 stars
The Lady and the Fox: 2 stars
Angels in the Snow: 2.5 stars
Polaris is Where You'll Find Me: 4 stars
It's a Yultide Miracle, Charlie Brown: 4 stars
Your Temporary Santa: 3 stars
Krampuslauf by Holly Black: 3.5 stars
What the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth: 2 stars
Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus: 1 stars (what the hell was this story really about?)
Welcome To Christmas, CA: 4 stars
Stars of Bethlehem: 2 stars
The Girl Who Woke The Dream: 2.5 stars
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 might go back.
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.)
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I loved the stories in this book. my favorites were the Lady and the Fox by Kelly Link and the Girl Who Woke the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Rainbow Rowell: Midnights 5/5
Kelly Link: The Lady and The Fox 4/5
Matt de la Peña: Angels in the Snow 5/5 *
Jenny Han: Polaris is where you'll find me 4/5
Stephanie Perkins: It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown 5/5 *
David Levithan: Temporary Santa 5/5 *
Holly Black: Krampuslauf 4/5
Gayle Forman: What the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth? 5/5
Myra McEntire: Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus 4/5
Kiersten White: Welcome to Christmas, CA 5/5 *
Ally Carter: Star of Bethlehem 5/5 *
Laini Taylor: The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer 3/5
Absolutely amazing book of 12 Christmas stories, actually love stories. I loved it. Some more, those are marked by a * after each rating. I did it this way, because it was really different one from each other and this rating is the best way how to rate them all individually. I strongly recommend this book to everybody who likes Christmas, love stories or both. I can't wait for the other set of 12 stories but this time it should be about Summer love...