Tis the season to be jolly! And to read a holiday book or two! This year, I read My True Love Gave to Me, a YA anthology featuring several authors whose books I’ve read this year (and some that are new to me). If you’re looking into reading some short stories to get you into the holiday mood, you might want to read this one.
This is a companion book to Summer Days and Summer Nights, a book I reviewed over the summer. If you’re living in the Southern Hemisphere, you might want to look into that one as well.
As with most anthologies, My True Love Gave to Me contains some stories that you will enjoy more than others. My favorite story from the book was “Midnights” by Rainbow Rowell. It is a sweet story of a couple of friends who realize how they feel about each other over time. I really liked almost all of the stories though.
One of the nice things about reading anthologies like this one is that you get to try new authors that you haven’t read before, and sometimes you get to read authors writing in genres that they don’t normally write in. For example, I’ve read Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince, but she has a story here called “Krampuslauf” which is more contemporary than fantasy, and although I’ve never read To all The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, I doubt that those stories involve elves like “Polaris is Where You’ll Find Me” does.
My True Love Gave to Me is definitely a holiday anthology worth checking out, especially if one of your favorite authors has written a story here, or if you don’t want to invest a lot of time reading an entire holiday novel. The stories are sweet and they might just get you into the holiday spirit this year.
My favorite was also Midnights. I was really impressed with how complete the story felt, and RR delivered all the feels too. Overall, I thought it was a pretty good anthology.
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Such a sweet story. I have to return the book tomorrow, but I think I’ll read it again first.
I read this book last year. I still haven’t gotten to the summer one. I remember Rainbow Rowell’s story being one of my favorites, too. Great review!
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Thank you! You’ll have to get to the summer one next year.
I’m always on the lookout for books that will get me into the holiday spirit, I think this one would do nicely! I’m not normally a fan of short stories, but these sound cute.
🙂 Short stories can be good for the holidays, since you don’t have to invest a lot of time in reading them.