gabieowleyess's review
2.0
2.5 stars. This book was a very odd one. I felt like the four stories were completely different. I absolutely loved one and then hated the other. I feel like there could have been a better collaboration between them. I both Melissa and Hailey's stories made this book for me. The other two were a total miss.
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steph01924's review against another edition
1.0
I liked three shorts in [b:Let It Snow|3213286|Let it Snow|John Green|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327869911s/3213286.jpg|3247053] much better than this quartet of four Christmas stories. Some of these characters had blah personalities and all of the authors were pretty obsessed with product name-dropping constantly. This was really bad in the beginning of the first story (about a Jewish girl working as a store elf), but thankfully that one pulled out to be fairly cute by the end. Do they really think all teens really care about are labels? Some may, but a lot don't. Even when I was one, I didn't give two shits what type of phone a story's character owned. If it's not central to the plot, it's not needed!
The second story (girl's BFF comes back from college on winter break) was just alright...there wasn't much substance/plot to carry it along. It was pretty paint-by-numbers teen stuff.
The third story was the longest (famous young actor's car breaks down) and not even really Christmas-y; the majority of it took place on NYE. I didn't really care for it...all of the characters were those LA-types: flat, rich, and self-involved. The girl at the diner was supposed to be a teenager but she sounded more like a thirty-year-old woman.
And the fourth story (couple gets each other Christmas gifts) was super short and kind of depressing.
And sorry, book's cover, but you lie: These were not steamy, romantic stories, not even by teen standards. All-around fail.
The second story (girl's BFF comes back from college on winter break) was just alright...there wasn't much substance/plot to carry it along. It was pretty paint-by-numbers teen stuff.
The third story was the longest (famous young actor's car breaks down) and not even really Christmas-y; the majority of it took place on NYE. I didn't really care for it...all of the characters were those LA-types: flat, rich, and self-involved. The girl at the diner was supposed to be a teenager but she sounded more like a thirty-year-old woman.
And the fourth story (couple gets each other Christmas gifts) was super short and kind of depressing.
And sorry, book's cover, but you lie: These were not steamy, romantic stories, not even by teen standards. All-around fail.
bookmarklit's review against another edition
3.0
I guess 2.5-3 stars. I wasn't blown away or even really impressed with any of the stories. I even DNFed one of them after a few pages. The stories weren't particularly romantic or cute. I liked the last story and the first story was pretty good. Overall pretty juvenile and superficial. I'm bummed!
kathykekmrs's review against another edition
2.0
These Holiday-seasoned stories are laced with an indulgence of two much alcohol and that odd desire that older teens and young adults have to be kissed at midnight on New Year's Day. The desires of the characters are just a little too old for the respective audience of a YA book. I think that there is too much desire and not enough depth of character in these short stories.
mishale1's review against another edition
3.0
I bought this book after reading Snowed In Love and enjoying it. The only problem? Each book has four short stories and it turns out that they both have two of the same stories.
I kind of feel like I bought the same book twice. Now, it’s ok because I only paid about $4 for this on ThriftBooks and I did enjoy the extra two stories.
But I wouldn’t necessarily recommend buying both. In my opinion, Snowed in Love was the better of the two. If you chose to buy both, just look for a good deal or you might feel like you wasted money by only getting 6 stories instead of 8.
I kind of feel like I bought the same book twice. Now, it’s ok because I only paid about $4 for this on ThriftBooks and I did enjoy the extra two stories.
But I wouldn’t necessarily recommend buying both. In my opinion, Snowed in Love was the better of the two. If you chose to buy both, just look for a good deal or you might feel like you wasted money by only getting 6 stories instead of 8.
nataliesboooks's review against another edition
3.0
Working in a Winter Wonderland (Amy Friedman) - 3 stars
Slightly instalove-y, but I liked how the main character grew and changed and ended up with a more positive attitude.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup (Hailey Abbott) - 3.5 stars
While Aria and Marcus did seem to have more in common with each other than with their respective bf and gf, I don’t like books with cheating. Aria and Marcus were cute together though.
Scenes From a Cinematic New Year’s (Nina Malkin) - 1 star
I didn’t like the writing style, didn’t care for the characters, and the story was quite depressing.
The Christmas Choos (Melissa de la Cruz) - 4 stars
Probably my favorite in the collection. The Gift of the Magi is one of my favorite short stories, and i liked this retelling of it. Brenden and Kelsey were so sweet.
Slightly instalove-y, but I liked how the main character grew and changed and ended up with a more positive attitude.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup (Hailey Abbott) - 3.5 stars
While Aria and Marcus did seem to have more in common with each other than with their respective bf and gf, I don’t like books with cheating. Aria and Marcus were cute together though.
Scenes From a Cinematic New Year’s (Nina Malkin) - 1 star
I didn’t like the writing style, didn’t care for the characters, and the story was quite depressing.
The Christmas Choos (Melissa de la Cruz) - 4 stars
Probably my favorite in the collection. The Gift of the Magi is one of my favorite short stories, and i liked this retelling of it. Brenden and Kelsey were so sweet.
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