Christmas, where anything can happen

Synopsis

Snuggle up for the holidays with 12 very different tales of love that will have you dancing under the mistletoe!

The Mistletoe Mixtape, the second anthology from The Christmas Collective, is a diverse and inclusive mix of stories, with more swoon-worthy characters, second chances and happy endings.

Amongst these twelve Christmas music inspired stories you will discover long lost love, festive fantasy, LGBTQ+ love stories, witty one liners and holiday romances. There really is a story to capture every reader’s festive spirit. So grab yourself a hot chocolate, pop on your favourite festive tunes and immerse yourself in the magic of The Mistletoe Mixtape.

My review

Twelve short stories, all about Christmas and music inspired. Stories about lost loves, magical loves, LGBTQ+ loves, they all have one thing in common in this collective, they all take place around Christmas and in all shapes and forms. 

Sometimes, you just need a short story to lift your spirits. And other times you need a collection of short stories to lift your spirits even higher.

Twelve stories, each was different from the previous one, yet I cannot pick a favourite one. I didn’t care if it was a story about new loves, long lost loves, or love between men, I loved them all equally.
Because I felt that the message of love was more important than who was the one feeling all the love. 

It happens that with short stories, you sense that there is so much more potential in the development of characters or storyline. And I felt that these stories COULD have been longer, but as Christmas is only one day in a year, I found it also fitting that we only have a glimpse of the lives of the characters. 

Each story warmed my heart, as they all show us that how impossible it may seem, one day it all it can take to find your perfect match. And even if some magical bits were causing strange movements from my eyebrows, they also fitted perfectly in the special feelings surrounding Christmas. 

And it was a nice touch of the authors to have a song to use as inspiration for the tale.  

This ‘mixtape’ is perfect to read while sitting under a blanket, with a hot chocolate and marshmallows, and dream away and hoping of finding your own magical moment of love at Christmas!