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. 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.
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