![]() ![]() Even if you’re tepid on YA romance, Let it Snow is a brisk and amusing read, plus the sections are independent enough that you can skip one you don’t like and read another. If you like charming teen romances with tongue firmly in cheek and a slightly philosophical bent, then Let it Snow is a safe bet. Still, her characters felt the most like actual teens: irrational, moody, and self-absorbed.Įach story is predictable, but sweet and thoughtful. Her comic voice and timing isn’t quite as developed as Johnson’s or Green’s, the story’s pacing felt a bit slow, and the protagonist grated on me a little bit. ![]() The last and weakest segment, “The Patron Saint of Pigs,” is by Myracle and shows a broken up couple finding each other again. The central theme is making the most of the relationships you have, and the romance comes from two friends. PRODUCT DETAILS Format: PaperBack Category: Childrens Fiction Subjects: Romance & relationships stories (Childrens / Teenage), Short stories (Childrens /. The characters pop immediately, with distinct personalities and likable quirks (I’m glad to see one of my favorite slang terms, “asshat,” immortalized here). His three protagonists take a hero’s journey to a Waffle House – which gives you a good idea of the tongue-in-cheek humor of the story. The middle and best segment, “A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle,” is by Green. If Johnson is normally as funny as she is here, I’ll definitely have to read more of her work. I burst out laughing a few times during this one. The protagonist is unsurprisingly swept off her feet, and its focus is on evaluating if someone’s right for you and making sense of chaos. The first story, “The Jubilee Express,” by Johnson, covers two people who have never met falling for each other. What I loved about the book – beyond its pleasant, sweet heart – was how each author included some thoughtful remarks on the nature of young love, but each used a distinct voice and depicted a different type of romance. ![]() The trio put serious effort into connecting the stories. The stories all take place on the same day in the same town, and each shares the inciting event of a “the biggest snow storm in 50 years” along with some recurring characters (a guy dressed in tin-foil) and themes (why do boys like cheerleaders?). ![]() Each is written by a different author and tells a short, sweet story of two teens falling in love. Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances is broken into three sections. I will eschew my normal “ten points” review system due to the book’s atypical structure. I was relieved, then, that Let it Snow quite charmed me. The subtitle of the book, Three Holiday Romances, also had me geared for a lightweight anthology rather than something challenging. The fact that I was getting two thirds of a book from authors I’d never read made me skeptical. Green’s low mark to date ( Grayson) was also a collaboration. My expectations for Let it Snow were somewhat low for a few reasons. I’d read all of his other books, which range from pleasant ( Will Grayson Will Grayson) to transcendent ( The Fault in Our Stars). He’s the king of the hill in YA right now. I, like most people who read this book, sought it out it because of John Green’s presence. The illustrator Lizzy Rockwell enthuses about her love of “painting snow and drawing the way kids look in their snowsuits, boots, and hats”: “barely able to move, but insulated, padded and ready for anything.” If you know any such children, and the weather outside is frightful - and even if it’s not - “Let It Snow!” is a delightful escape: art to be enjoyed inside the Bruce’s citadel and afterward, a playground waiting at the bottom of the hill.It’s the middle of April, but that did not stop me from reading the winter-themed Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. Wendell Minor, in his quest for the epically cool angle for a snowboarding watercolor, rigged his collaborator’s grandchild up a tree. Andrea Wisnewski’s daughter got to dress up as Little Red Riding Hood at Sturbridge Village to be a model for her mother’s woodcut-inspired illustrations. Several artists have drawn children whom they know. Cyndy Szekeres’s Christmas scenes of charming anthropomorphic mice might look dismayingly detailed for budding artists to emulate, but growing up during the Depression she got her start drawing on anything she could find, including paper bags. The wall texts in particular provide details designed to appeal to art-minded children. Newbery Honor-winner Joyce Sidman (Dark Emperor and Other Poems. All of the artists in the show have some connection to Connecticut or New York, so children might recognize scenes or locations. In the deep woolen dark,/ as we slumber unknowing,/ let the sky fill with flurry and flight. ![]()
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