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Mistletoe
by
Hailey Abbott,
Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman (Goodreads Author), Nina Malkin (Goodreads Author)
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 ...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Scholastic Paperbacks
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Mistletoe means kissing, and four favorite authors each create a story about love and relationships during the holiday season in this anthology.
New Year's Eve equals a time for new beginnings, and Maxine can't wait for her high school BFF's famous Christmas party. However, being at home during her college break and pining away for the perfect but pricey party dress in the window leaves her feeling a little depressed. Her ol...more
Mistletoe means kissing, and four favorite authors each create a story about love and relationships during the holiday season in this anthology.
New Year's Eve equals a time for new beginnings, and Maxine can't wait for her high school BFF's famous Christmas party. However, being at home during her college break and pining away for the perfect but pricey party dress in the window leaves her feeling a little depressed. Her ol...more
I was pleasantly surprised by these 4 short Christmas stories. They were each sweet and festive and could be read in one sitting. some were better than others but overall it was exaclty what I hoped for.
Working in a Winter Wonderland by Aimee Freidman - funny and quirky. I liked the main character and the idea of a Jewish girl working in a Christmas shop was clever.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup by Hailey Abbott - a bit predictable and cliche. I'd skip this one.
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Working in a Winter Wonderland by Aimee Freidman - funny and quirky. I liked the main character and the idea of a Jewish girl working in a Christmas shop was clever.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup by Hailey Abbott - a bit predictable and cliche. I'd skip this one.
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Mistletoe is a mixed bag of holiday and new year's stories! They all have something different to offer but go together nicely! Just like, Let It Snow, it's perfect to read this time of year!
Of all the stories I think I enjoyed Aimee Friedman's story, Working in a Winter Wonderland the most. I don't want to give too much away because discovering the main character, Maxine's job at the department store is all part of the fun. But it's a great glimpse of the holiday madness that leads u...more
Of all the stories I think I enjoyed Aimee Friedman's story, Working in a Winter Wonderland the most. I don't want to give too much away because discovering the main character, Maxine's job at the department store is all part of the fun. But it's a great glimpse of the holiday madness that leads u...more
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I liked three shorts in Let It Snow much better than this quartet of four Christmas stories. Some of these characters had blah personalities and all of the authors were pretty obsessed with product name-dropping constantly. This was really bad in the beginning of the first story (about a Jewish girl working as a store elf), but thankfully that would pulled out to be fairly cute by the end. Do they really think all teens really care about are labels? Some may, but a lot don't. Even when I was one...more
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Working in a Winter Wonderland (Friedman) = 4 stars. I liked that one best - even if it was pretty cheesy. But at Christmas (and at Hanukkah too?) some kitsch should be allowed.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup (Abbott) = 4 stars. Super cute couple. I also understood that sad feeling of fading friedship with former high-school-friends.
Stories from a Cinematic New Year's (Malkin) = 2 stars. I didn't like that über-macho, self-centered actor and that slangy language - although the h...more
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup (Abbott) = 4 stars. Super cute couple. I also understood that sad feeling of fading friedship with former high-school-friends.
Stories from a Cinematic New Year's (Malkin) = 2 stars. I didn't like that über-macho, self-centered actor and that slangy language - although the h...more
Sadly, I was very disappointed by Mistletoe. It wasn't as entertaining as I hoped it would be, and it didn't get me into any sort of christmas spirit. Mistletoe consists of four different stories. I will explain each one in order of favorite to least favorite.
"The Christmas Choos" by Melissa De La Cruz: This one was my favorite because the characters were instantly relatable and the story has fun to read. But it was lacking something, and I think that was the reality-factor. It f...more
"The Christmas Choos" by Melissa De La Cruz: This one was my favorite because the characters were instantly relatable and the story has fun to read. But it was lacking something, and I think that was the reality-factor. It f...more
I had great expectations for Mistletoe since it was written by some of my favorite authors. However, I was sadly disappointed. :(
Out of the four stories, there was only one that I had greatly enjoyed. It was the one about the girl who dressed like an elf and ended up meeting the boy of her dream in the department store. I don’t exactly remember who write this story but I really enjoyed it. I liked the plot – especially the elf. Gotta love the elf! It was basically a very fun read.
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Out of the four stories, there was only one that I had greatly enjoyed. It was the one about the girl who dressed like an elf and ended up meeting the boy of her dream in the department store. I don’t exactly remember who write this story but I really enjoyed it. I liked the plot – especially the elf. Gotta love the elf! It was basically a very fun read.
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I thought that the stories were really cute! The third one was kinda sad (I thought so anyway), but I really liked all of them. I wish that they could have been full length books, because they would have been Amazing!!!! Loved this book though, so it's all good!
Hmmm this book didn't live up to my expectations. I LOVED the first Story! Fudging fantastic! But all the others?...Cute and ok but of course they didnt catch my interest really bc they were so short. I kinda skipped thro the middle two...the last one....ugh it was sooo cute... i want a guy like the guy in that book :p lol
Read this such a long time ago and cannot remeber it that well. I loved the storythat was gift of the magi inspired, and the one about the actor had a really creepy ending, but thats partly why i liked it.
The book was good and heart-warming. Very enjoyable on a Christmas night. But, I didn't quite understand Nina Malkin's story, Scenes From A Cinematic New Year's. It was very confusing.
This lil christmas book has 4 lil stories in it, I really only cared for 2 of the stories, they offered the true christmas feel and I appreciated that being a huge fan of the holiday.
I know they have to exist, these things. And some folks will love it. I'll make sure to keep this copy available for them by never touching it again.
I really liked Natalie Decker's review and don't think I can add much. Most of the short stories were okay, but the one by Nina Malkin was a stand out.
This collection of short stories is awesome-with a wide range of popular young adult authors and their Christmastime stories.
Shallow stories, but somethimes you need a break form all the crap going on, this provides the perfetc escape.
i loved all the short stories:D
my favorite was WORKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND:D
my favorite was WORKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND:D
This book didn't even deserve one star. It sucked so bad that I couldn't finish it.
loved it. happy endings all around. shows that love truly is magical.
I don't like it.
I only thought this book was okay. It didn't really make me jump out of my chair while reading it. The third book by Nina Malkin, I didn't even read. I have never done that before, I just didn't like the set up of how it was written. The first and second are my favorites.
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The best of all the 4 stories is by Hailey Abbott (Working in a Winter Wonderland ) -to review
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Four holiday stories with a romantic twist by popular teen authors. Pretty predictable with average plots and characters. I was only able to read three out of the four stories(I wasn't able to read the story by Nina Malkin - the writing style / dialogue drove me crazy!)I would recommend it only for those really wanting something to fit that romantic, Christmassy mood or for die hard fans of the included authors.
-alright not sure i was so into it
-it was cute how at the end she knew exactly were he would be
-???
-it was cute how they sacrificed each other but im not sure i liked her
-it was cute how at the end she knew exactly were he would be
-???
-it was cute how they sacrificed each other but im not sure i liked her
you would think this great book would have been written by adults. but no no no! this is by kids my age. this book had about four tales in one. they are all written by teenagers. these books deal with everyday issues/themes. the one i will write about is when a girl falls in "love" with her best friends boyfriend
i thought this book was fabulous, but the ends of some stories made me want to pull my hair out. but maybe that's why i hardly ever read short stories. i always want MORE.
This book had 4 stories in one and it was pretty good. I didn't enjoy it that much, but as far as short stories go it was fine.
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Hailey Abbott grew up in Southern California, where she split her time between creative writing and creative beaching. She is the author of Summer Boys, Next Summer: A Summer Boys Novel, The Bridesmaid, Getting Lost with Boys, and The Secrets of Boys. Hailey now lives in New York City.
Her first book was Summer Boys, published in 2004, the first of a series. It was described as "e...more
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