Monday, December 29, 2014

My True Love Gave To Me edited by Stephanie Perkins.




Title: My True Love Gave to Me
Edited by: Stephanie Perkins
Pages: 320


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 international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins.

My Rating:✰✰✰✰1/2

Overall, this whole book was very cute and I really did love a lot of the stories. Most of them were easy to read and this got me in a holiday mood.

1. Midnights by Rainbow Rowell

Loved this story so much. Rainbow Rowell is the best contemporary writer hands down and was able to make me feel so happy with just a few pages. Noel and Mags story is adorable and I love how they have their "anniversary" of meeting each other on New Years Eve.

2. Fox by Kelly Link

This story was different and a little trippy with Fenny being here and disappearing. I did like the story of the Honeywells and how Miranda celebrates Christmas with them. The Lady was strange though.

3. Angels in the Snow Matt de la Pena

I really liked this story and its uniqueness. The main character can't afford food and is starving most of the time which makes you realize how grateful you are. Haley's nice and so is Shy.

4. Polaris is Where you'll Find Me by Jenny Han

This was short, simple, and sweet. Love the different story location in North Pole and how Natalie was Asian. I also like how this one different really have much love, but more of character background and story. This would be interesting as a whole book.

5. It's Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins

This is my favorite story out of the whole book! Stephanie Perkins is truly amazing. North and Marigold are so cute and I love their relationship! North is so kind with helping Marigold and the two of them are meant to be! Loved it!

6.Your Temporary Santa by David Levithan

David Levithan is great because he recognizes the diversity that's in the world today.

7.Krampuslauf by Holly Black

I was a little scared before reading this one since one of my least favorite books was by Holly Black, but I really liked this story. I loved the magic elements and the characters and the party! Yes! I appreciate great parties like that so much. This story would be a great book I would think!

8. What the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth by Gayle Forman

I really do love stories that take place during college do some reason.

9.Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus by Myra Mcentire

This one was very sweet and I loved how there was a play! Also, I liked how the main character was a pranker!

10.Welcome to Christmas, CA by Kiersten White

Wow, this one was so good! I loved it! I loved the idea of the diner and the area called Christmas! Ben and Maria are so cute together! I also love all of the side characters, even Candy, Angel, and everyone else! This story was able to feel like a whole book and it made me extremely happy. I got all warm!

11. Star of Bethlehem by Ally Carter

Unfortunately, I did not like this story that much. It was un realistic in my opinion and I think that the author tried to fit in too much into one short story.

12. The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I didn't like this one much either since it was pretty confusing.

To see my star ratings of each story see my goodreads review here:  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1039338631

2 comments:

  1. It seems kind of late for me to read this boo since the holidays are coming to an end. But I have heard many good reviews about it and will hopeful get to it soon. Thanks for posting. Happy New Years!
    Eduardo @ BoomingBooks

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    1. Thanks Eduardo! It was a great book! If you can't get to it, you can always read it in 2015! :D

      Thanks for reading! Happy New Years!

      ~Cindy

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