A review by steph01924
Mistletoe by Hailey Abbott
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.