Book Bouncer: Book Bouncer Review: 'Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances' by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

'Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances' by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Miracles can happen at any moment.

Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is broken into three memorable love stories which prove that fate is a funny thing, and that love is unavoidable.

Story #1 - The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson: Jubilee's got a perfect life. A boyfriend who's sporty and intelligent and parents who are fun. But everything goes downhill when the worst storm in fifty years occurs, and her parents get arrested for participating in a hobby of theirs that takes an ugly turn.

What's worse? The train she boarded stalls due to the mounting snow, and cheerleaders are around her, giggling among themselves and flirting with Jeb, a friend Jubilee made along the way. Using Waffle House as a warm sanctuary, Jubilee meets various people, of which one is Stuart Weintraub. He invites her to his house to celebrate Christmas with his family. What could go wrong?

Story #2 - A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle by John Green: JP, the Duke (Angie) and Tobin are friends with Don Keun, btu while he is stuck with his two colleagues at Waffle House, the other three are watching James Bond movies... until Don calls them.

Given a challenge to reach the Waffle House before the friends of Don's other two colleagues so that they can meet the cheerleaders practicing their routines there, the trio take Carla - Tobin's mother's car - through the storm to Waffle House.

Throughout the journey, they encounter many problems, like running into Timmy and Tommy Reston (their competition for Waffle House), Carla breaking down, forgetting the Twister in the car and having to go back for it in order to gain entrance to Waffle House, and stopping at the convenience store to get socks for Tobin's nearly frost-bitten Puma-covered feet.

But is going through all that just for a bunch of cheerleaders really worth it?

Story #3 - The Patron Saint of Pigs by Lauren Myracle: Jeb's had a tough week. His girlfriend, Addie, cheated on him out of anger because of the fight they had just been in; his phone broke, diminishing all hope of him being able to contact her to explain why he couldn't meet her at the spot she wanted to reconcile their relationship at; there were cheerleaders trying to get his attention; and the storm had delayed his train to Gracetown, where Addie was.

Addie's miserable, and it gets worse when everyone admits she's self-centered. It didn't help that she had cut her blonde hair short and dyed it pink after the break-up with Jeb. Things go overboard when she promises to pick up her friend's pig, but forgets when she gets caught up in Starbucks. Mayzie, an elderly person believing she is an angel, poses as Addie's saving grace when the pig that she was supposed to pick up is adopted.

Can she get the pig back? Will Jeb be able to meet Addie? Or is it better for them to stay apart?

I really loved this book, and I've made up my mind: I'll be reading these three stories around Christmas every year (if I remember to). I loved John Green's bit of the book. It was more funny than romantic, and that just made the book so much better. I love romance as much as I like humor, but I'd like to laugh more than just smile at someone's dream love story becoming a reality.

I've read some books written by Maureen Johnson, and I know that she has a funny bone. Her romantic side in Let It Snow equalized the humor. I especially loved Lauren Myracle's story, because it was insightful, and there was a moral present behind the words printed on the last third of Let It Snow's pages.

The flow between The Jubilee Express, A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle, and The Patron Saint of Pigs was brilliant, and it was incredible how all the characters mentioned were intertwined within each other's lives and stories in Let It Snow flawlessly.

I'd recommend this book to everyone who believes in miracles, and loves a good romance (in this case, romances).

Maureen Johnson - The Jubilee Express