This was one of the books that I got in a Secret Santa I did in 2024 and you know me, I always TRY to read all the books I've been given as gifts soon after Christmas. Sometimes I'm more successful than in other years! But I do always try! So I picked this up soon after Christmas, because it is a winter themed book, so it fitted in well.
It's actually got two short stories in it, both of which I've read before, although not in one volume before. But I hadn't read either of them for ages so I knew I didn't mind rereading them. I haven't read Rainbow Rowell in absolutely forever but I've always liked her books.
The first story, Midnights, is about two friends who spend a few New Year's Eves together and who seem to nearly be about to kiss when something happens and then don't. It's a cute story and I liked how Mags fell a little bit more in love with Noel each time. I liked how they came together even after they had come back from their first year in college, too.
The second story is one of my faves that Rainbow has ever written, because I too am a huge Star Wars fan. Elena goes to camp out outside a movie theatre waiting for The Force Awakens to come out, she imagines that there'll be loads of people and she'll make friends forever and have tons of fun. However, when she arrives, there's just two people in front of her. There's Troy, a middle aged man who is deeply into Star Wars and cosplay and such as the like - he camped out for the prequels, too. Then there's Gabe, who is about Elena's age but who absolutely doesn't want to talk to her. Or anyone. Elena's mum thinks she's absolutely loopy for wanting to camp out in the cold and keeps driving by, but Elena is determined to see it out. This story is a love letter to fandoms and the things we do for the franchises we love. I would recommend it.
I loved this short little book and it was the perfect book to end 2024 on. Four out of five.
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