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A review by katykelly
Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
5.0
I just blazed through this. I got it out of the library, intending (in January, so there was a chance!) of saving it for a snowy/icy/seasonal day's weather and then sitting down with it and feeling 'wintry'. But the weather wasn't playing ball and once I'd started, I was going to get through the whole book.
It's a lovely read, probably even better on a snowy day, but it had a Christmas glow feeling about it (even in January). A collaboration by three YA authors, each story tells of a different couple/relationship that connects with those that have come before it, in a small snowed in town on Christmas Eve.
As you'd expect from the genre, we have teenagers who have fought, some who are just meeting (some lovely 'meet cute' scenes), some who initially don't like each other, some 'warming to each other' moments, and relationships flowering. A train crash (well, stopped by snow anyway) in Gracetown stops one girl from travelling to her grandma's house while her parents are in prison (in a hilarious story of shopping indulgence), the snow threatens to stop another from reaching the restaurant where a whole troop of cheerleaders are anxiously awaiting his Twister board, and another struggles to rescue a teacup pig for a friend. Eccentric, funny, and perfect winter reading.
The characters are well-drawn, some rather adorable ones of both genders, lots of witty banter, loveable relatives and cute set-ups. The trio of tales complement each other and play off each other very well, it's good to see characters again, and from different perspectives as you read along.
None feels so brief as to be incomplete, they all have a good length to them, but they also run into each other enough to feel like one longer story, told by different narrators.
Warm and snug set of YA stories for a winter's evening. Most enjoyable.
It's a lovely read, probably even better on a snowy day, but it had a Christmas glow feeling about it (even in January). A collaboration by three YA authors, each story tells of a different couple/relationship that connects with those that have come before it, in a small snowed in town on Christmas Eve.
As you'd expect from the genre, we have teenagers who have fought, some who are just meeting (some lovely 'meet cute' scenes), some who initially don't like each other, some 'warming to each other' moments, and relationships flowering. A train crash (well, stopped by snow anyway) in Gracetown stops one girl from travelling to her grandma's house while her parents are in prison (in a hilarious story of shopping indulgence), the snow threatens to stop another from reaching the restaurant where a whole troop of cheerleaders are anxiously awaiting his Twister board, and another struggles to rescue a teacup pig for a friend. Eccentric, funny, and perfect winter reading.
The characters are well-drawn, some rather adorable ones of both genders, lots of witty banter, loveable relatives and cute set-ups. The trio of tales complement each other and play off each other very well, it's good to see characters again, and from different perspectives as you read along.
None feels so brief as to be incomplete, they all have a good length to them, but they also run into each other enough to feel like one longer story, told by different narrators.
Warm and snug set of YA stories for a winter's evening. Most enjoyable.