If you are looking for some short stories to put you in the mood for the holidays, this is the perfect book to fit the bill. I like the variety of stories included in this anthology by some great young adult authors. It would be a great gift for someone who likes to read but may not want to devote a ton of time to reading full novels - short stories would be perfect for them! Thank you for the opportunity to read this book.

I read this book years ago when I was granted access to a copy via Netgalley. I even recall talking about it on my blog before i let my domain name lapse and someone scarfed it up form under me before I could fix it....but somehow I never copied that review to Goodreads or Amazing and now its lost. I remember loving some of the stories in this book more than others but i can' recall the specific details of any after all this time.

Wonderfully feel-good and festive. A perfect collection of pick-me-up stories. Maybe it was just the mood I was in when I read this collection, but it was light and sweet, if predictable, but exactly what I needed.

This anthology was just so stinking cute! From the first story of a series of New Year's Eve parties, to the last story of December courtship in a strange world, this book had a lot! And it was diverse, too, with various races and some LGBT characters!

My favourites from this story? In order that there were in the story, Midnights, It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown, Welcome to Christmas, CA, and The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer. I enjoyed all of them, but these were my favourites, they were sweet, funny, creative, and interesting!

I was confused with Polaris is Where You’ll Find Me, because it ended weirdly, it's hard for me to find the words. She's in love with him, but he gives her the address of the guy she met. And then it ends. Bah!

For Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus, I wouldn't be surprised if A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks wasn't an inspiration, because hey, troublesome boy and preacher's daughter with a single dad? And a play to put on? Yeah. That was pretty great!

Yeah, this book was just so stinking cute, I just loved it!

You've heard me say it before - I love reading Christmas fiction in the days leading up to the 25th. Life is incredibly busy right now, so the 12 holiday stories in My True Love Gave to Me were just perfect. I could get my fix in short bursts.

Zoom in on the cover - twelve best-selling YA authors contributed to this collection, edited by Stephanie Perkins. You love their novels, so you just know you're going to love these stories. Perkins has drawn from diverse writers so the tales range from contemporary to fantasy and magical realism.

I must admit - I had two favourites - and they're two of my fave YA writers as well - Rainbow Rowell and Gayle Forman. Rowell's story has two friends slowly inching towards more over the course of four New Year's Eves. Clever back and forth bantering and an engaging pair of characters had me crossing my fingers as each New Year drew closer to twelve. Gayle's story has a pair of students who aren't quite fitting in at their college meeting at a holiday event and realizing that they may have found more than a new friend.

Matt De La Pena was a new to me author and I'll be hunting down more of his work. His story of a shy cat-sitting guy alone over the holidays - until he meets the girl who lives above - was charming in its simplicity.

This collection was actually a great way to sample some new authors for me as well. Love romance? Love the holidays? Then My True Love Gave to Me is a gift you'll want to buy yourself or any YA fan. I'll be re-reading this one again next year. Read an excerpt of My True Love Gave to Me.

Will not be providing a review for this novel, sorry for the inconvenience, but thank you to the publisher for the opportunity.