** spoiler alert ** Let It Snow is three books tied together by one event. The book is 352 pages and I love the font they used for their title pages.

I don't think I'm spoiling anything by giving the main event away but if you don't want to know anything (the back of the book doesn't give anything away) stop reading now.

The novel starts on Christmas Eve. The biggest blizzard in fifty years stalls the train's trip to Florida. Some of the individuals decide to leave the train and this is where the stories begin. Keep in mind it's a Young Adult book so it follows teenagers.

The first story, The Jubilee Express, was written by Maureen Johnson. The main character, Jubilee, is off to visit relatives for Christmas because her parents were arrested in a brawl over a collectible ceramic Christmas village. She was supposed to be at her boyfriend's house, who is less than understanding and more can-we-talk-about-this-later, even when she calls a few hours before she is supposed to be at his house for Christmas Eve dinner.

Jubilee hikes through the snow to a Waffle House she sees lit up nearby. There she meets Stuart who invites her to spend the evening at his house--there's no way Jubilee wants to spend any more time with the cheerleaders who got off the train with her, especially when they're practicing their handstands on the tables. Jubilee decides she wants to know more about Stuart who, when showing her his ID to prove he was safe, she sees a photo of a girl he refuses to talk about, and that is where Jubilee's love story begins.

The second story, A Cheertastic Christmas, by John Green, picks up where the first left off. Three friends who live in the same town the train stalls in receive a call from a fourth buddy that works at the Waffle House. He's excited the place is crawling with cheerleaders. But there's a catch. Not only must they bring the game Twister to be admitted into the Waffle House, but the trio also have to drive through icey roads and blizzard conditions AND beat another pair of guys to the door.

To complicate matters the narrator, Tobin, and his buddy, JP, really want to get to that diner. Their third friend, nicknamed The Duke, who is a girl, isn't too keen on Tobin drooling over those aforementioned cheerleaders. Cue the second love story!

The third story is called The Patron Saint of Pigs by Lauren Myracle. This story follows Addie, who works at Starbucks and is depressed because she dumped her boyfriend a week ago. She had asked him to meet her at the coffee shop to work things out but he didn't show and she's feeling sad and hopeless.

Amidst her depression one of her best friends, Tegan, begs her to put aside her own issues to help her with the arrival of her new teacup pig. Addie's Starbucks is across from the pet store the pig is being shipped to and her assignment is to take a break from her shift the day after Christmas and go pick up the pig as soon as the pet store opens.

The only problem is she gets a bit sidetracked and forgets. By the time she's reminded the pig has been sold, despite the cage having a "Sold" sign already attached to it. Addie has to track down the pig before Tegan finds out and must enlist the help of the guy who sold the pig, not just to obtain the name of the buyer but to drive her to her destination by bribing him with free coffee. Addie's story is not so much the romantic love story the two prior stories are, but she does get a bit of romance towards the end.

All in all this was a cute book. I like John Green's writing and bought a Maureen Johnson book after I read this and learned I enjoyed her writing style as well. I've never heard of Lauren Myracle before this but won't hesitate to pick up something else she's written since I liked her portion of the book.

The book is a bit of fun romantic Christmas fluffy, even if I did read it in May. I gave this book a 3 out of five. It was a fun distraction but I wouldn't re-read it or suggest someone else read it, although it did make me look forward to reading more work by these authors.

One of my favorite parts of the book is how some of the stories intertwined, such as some of the characters in the first story popping into Starbucks for coffee in the last.