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. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or Kwanzaa, there’s something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons to stay indoors and fall in love.
My True Love Gave to Me was, for the most part, as adorable as I had expected. Like most anthologies, though, the stories were quite hit or miss for me: there were some that stood out (namely the ones by Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, Laini Taylor, and Kiersten White) while others were less convincing and would have worked better as novellas or full-length stories. Despite that, the stories all intrigued me enough to add some previously unknown authors’ works to my ever-growing to read list, and reaffirmed my love for some of my favourite authors.
My True Love Gave to Me features characters from all sorts of backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was a nice mix of contemporary and magical stories in this collection. While the stories were all quite different, they all captured several important aspects of the holiday season, most notably hope and love.
Overall, My True Love Gave to Me is a cute, quick read that captures the magical feeling that surrounds the holidays. I can certainly see myself rereading my favourites closer to the holiday season, and can’t wait to display this gorgeous cover on my bookshelf.
I received a copy of this book from St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Aww, I’m mega excited about this book. I saw it in Waterloo Station when I was waiting for aaaages for my train.. and my heart did a that guilty ‘thump thump’ thing because I was so sure it was a few days before the actual release date..
and then I looked suspicious as feck as I sidled up to the cashier… and was convinced I’d be outed, or a trap door would open, or something.
Basically.. long story short- I have this book and I’m waiting for the weather to really settle into ‘cold’ before I read it. But you’re review has made me want to read it NOW! Ha ha.
Sometimes all you need is cute and light and fun!
I loved this book! There were a few stories that I disliked, but for the most part, it was a great read.
I’m looking forward to this one, especially Stephanie Perkins’ story. Girl can write a love story! Haha.