My True Love Gave to Me

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4/5 Stars - Midnights by Rainbow Rowell

This was an excellent story to start of the book. I really liked how the story was told over a couple of years, and I felt like I really got to know the characters in very few pages. And, it was adorable (I'm sure I'll say that pretty often with all the other stories). Easily up there as one of my favorites in the book.

5/5 Stars - The Lady and the Fox by Kelly Link

I read a couple of reviews of this book, and I feel like I'm the only one that LOVED this story. I think it's because of the magic in it, but I was just absolutely fascinated with the characters and the world that Link built here. I would actually love to see this as a full novel. It was excellent.

4/5 Stars - Angels in the Snow by Matt de la Pena

First there's a cat - that's an instant star for me, always. I love kitties. The story itself was great though, and just really uplifting. I felt like I really got to know the characters, and I loved who they were. I thought this was an excellent story.

2.5/5 Stars - Polaris is Where You'll Find Me by Jenny Han

This was a meh story for me. It was cute, but the story itself just wasn't for me.

5/5 Stars - It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins

I just felt like everything was right about this story. The writing, the characters, the setting, just yes to it all. This was easily my favorite story of the book, and having never read Perkins before now, I definitely need to try out her other works.

3/5 Stars - Your Temporary Santa by David Levithan

Cute story, but it just didn't completely hold my interest. Most of the previous stories had stronger characters and more interesting plots, so yeah. Still cute and could have pulled on the heartstrings if it was a little bit longer, I think.

4/5 Stars - Krampuslauf by Holly Black

The magic. The characters. The setting. Again, yes to it all, and I definitely liked the darker take of a Christmas-y story. So freaking good.

5/5 Stars - What the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth by Gayle Forman

Sweater orgies...'nuff said. (OK, but seriously, I freaking loved these two characters. Easily two of my favorite characters of the book).

3.5/5 Stars - Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus by Myra McEntire

This was a cutesy story, but other than that, I just didn't really care for this story all that much.

4/5 Stars - Welcome to Christmas, CA by Kiersten White

Again with the magical stories. They're my Achilles heel clearly with this book. I liked that the magic was more subtle in this one, than in the other two stories, but I still liked that there was something special about the characters.

3/5 Stars - Star of Bethlehem by Ally Carter

I think I needed this to be longer. It felt too short, and I didn't really connect with the characters or the story itself. It was cute, but I didn't feel like it had anything else going for it.

5/5 Stars - The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Magic - check. Great writing - check. Powerful characters - check. Strong story to end the book - check. This was an excellent conclusion for MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME..., and I'm really happy it ended on such a spectacular note.



Overall, I really loved reading this over the past week or so. It's been nice to read all of these really cute, feel good stories right before the holiday, and I'm happy that I picked it up from my library.