Summer Days and Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins

Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins - 384 pages

This is the sequel to the holiday romance anthology edited by Stephanie Perkins -- My True Love Gave to Me.  I picked up this book as it has a sequel story to one in the first anthology.  However, I didn't think that short story lived up to its predecessor.  I did really enjoy the stories Head, Scales, Tongue, and Tail by Leigh Bardugo, The End of Love by Nina LaCour, and A Thousand Ways This Could All Go Wrong by Jennifer E. Smith.  Most of the other stories were interesting to read.

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins - 321 pages

This is a compilation of twelve short Christmas stories.  I listened to this on audio to get into the holiday mood.  I definitely enjoyed some of the stories more than others.  I really liked "The Lady and the Fox" by Kelly Link, "Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus" by Myra McEntire, "Star of Bethlehem" by Ally Carter, and "The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor.  The only story I really didn't like was "Angels in the Snow" by Matt de la Pena and I think that had more to do with the narrator than the story.  I would definitely recommend this to someone wanting Christmas stories.