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 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
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.
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...