My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Anthology (Edited by Stephanie Perkins)

 Hey!

This might be my last book of 2021!  I'm really glad I was able to get this one in, because I meant to finish it before Christmas, but just didn't have the chance, because I was more listening to books than reading physical copies, but I did it!

This review is for My True Love Gave to Me, an anthology of 12 Holiday stories written by 12 different Young Adult authors; ranging from contemporary romances to fantasy.  

From Goodreads:


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 enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, or New Year's there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.


My Thoughts:

I love Young Adult Anthologies, every so often.  You get some of your favorite authors all in one place, and these great little short stories of bonus works that they have written.  Holiday anthologies are even better, because they include the holidays, which is my favorite time of year!  I have wanted to read My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories since its release in 2014, but for some reason just never got around to it.  Most likely, because the holiday season is always a bit busy, and when I did remember it, it wasn't the time of year to read it (I prefer to read my holidays books during the proper season).  But when I saw it sitting in a special holiday-edition shelf at my local library, I figured this was my chance to finally get to read it!  I have been a fan of Stephanie Perkins for a long time, and knew this would be a good one!  

There are so many talented authors in this anthology!  I enjoyed each and every story.  My favorites were by Stephanie Perkins, Gayle Forman, Matt de la Pena, and Ally Carter.  Those stuck out for me the most!  There were also some interesting ones, that weren't quite what I expected, but I still enjoyed them.

Overall Rating:


It was nice to read this one, because it was easy to stop.  Once I finished a story, which all felt like mini novels all in one place, I was able to take a breath, take in what I had just read, and go about my day getting to do what I needed to do.  And then I got to go back to it, and read a completely different story later.  It's nice to be able to do that sometimes!  

So if you like stories about the holidays, then definitely check this one out!  There are contemporary romance stories and fantasy stories throughout!

Hope everyone is getting some rest this week, before 2022 begins and enjoys the rest of 2021!

The Romance Bookie :)

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