Mistletoe by Hailey Abbott gives the reader a bit of everything with four different festive stories. This book is just over 200 pages and can easily be read in one sitting. One of my favourite things to do around the holiday season is read short and sweet Christmas books.
Title: Mistletoe: 4 Holiday StoriesAuthor: Hailey Abbott, Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman, Nina Malkin
Also by this author: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
Publisher: Scholastic
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Fiction
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Glittering white snowflakes. The handsome blond ski instructor. The sparkle on a cashmere skirt. Hot cocoa and kisses in front of a crackling fire. The holiday season is the ESSENCE of magic...and romance. Four of today's bestselling teen authors -- Melissa de la Cruz (THE AU PAIRS), Aimee Friedman (SOUTH BEACH), Hailey Abbott (SUMMER BOYS), and Nina Malkin (6X) -- bring us delectable tales of love and lust and holiday cheers (and tears) in this one-of-a-kind collection that teens will devour faster than a plate of Christmas cookies.
Book Review: Mistletoe by Hailey Abbott
❀ Aimee Freidman’s Story is a Favourite
My favourite of the stories was Aimee Friedman’s. Working in a Winter Wonderland is about a jewish girl working as an elf in a department store. I loved Maxine’s character and the humour in the story as she figures out her new job. I haven’t read any of Aimee Friedman’s books yet, but since her story was so enjoyable, I should definitely check them out!
❀ Melissa de la Cruz will make you smile
Melissa de la Cruz’s story was also very enjoyable. It is a Gift of the Magi retelling, which I have never read before. The sacrifices the characters make for each other are so heartwarming and made me smile. This was the perfect story to wrap up the book since the ending was just right.
❀ Hailey Abbot’s story is sweet
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup by Hailey Abbott was on the more serious side, but still lots of fun. This one is a story about friends growing apart as one of them is away at college and the changes that occur. The ending is so sweet, no matter how cliché.
❀ Four Short Stories
Mistletoe by Hailey Abbott is an anthology with four short stories by bestselling authors. My favourite stories were Aimee Friedman’s and Melissa de la Cruz’s. I would definitely recommend relaxing with this quick and cute book this holiday season!
About Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.
Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University (and minored in nightclubs and shopping!).
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This sounds like a great holiday read! I’m glad to see you liked it. 🙂
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
How different, but it sounds like an awesome read — and what a great selection of authors!
The authors are what originally drew me into this one. 🙂
This sounds like such a cute holiday read! I’ve been wanting to read a book by Melissa de la Cruz and Aimee Friedman. I hear great things about both of them but have never gotten around to reading anything by either of them.
I wish that I could read shorts, but every time that I have tried I just don’t enjoy it. Or I will love it immensely, but then it is over and it happened too fast.
Sounds like a fun holiday read.