Book Review: Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
Publisher: ‎ Speak
Publication Date: October 2, 2008
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train, setting off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.
 
A trio of today’s bestselling authors—John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle—brings all the magic of the holidays to life in three hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and kisses that will steal your breath away.
Let it Snow is a collection of three short, loosely connected holiday romances written by three different authors: John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. In Maureen Johnson’s The Jubilee Express, Jubilee is sent on a train to her grandparents’ house after her parents are arrested for getting in a brawl while Christmas shopping. The train breaks down in a small town next to a Waffle House, leaving Jubilee stranded.

In John Green’s A Cheertastic Miracle, a group of friends is at home watching James Bond movies when another friend working at the Waffle House calls to tell them that a train full of cheerleaders has just arrived and they need to get down there asap. The cheerleaders want to play Twister!

In Lauren Myracle’s The Patron Saint of Pigs, Addie must admit and overcome her self-centeredness to help out her friends with their teacup pig.

It’s so hard to review short story collections because the quality of the stories can vary so much. And since in Let it Snow, they are all written by different people, each story has a distinct style. Of course, John Green’s story was my favorite. No surprise there – we all know that I’m a huge John Green fangirl. A Cheertastic Miracle is John Green through and through. If I had read the stories without knowing who wrote each one, I could have picked his out a mile away. The friend group in his story has that snappy dialogue that his characters often have, and the Duke and Tobin reminded me vaguely of Alaska and Miles.

The other two stories were entertaining as well but it was Green’s that made the collection. If you’re looking for a fun YA holiday read, put Let It Snow on your list.