Gifts Not Yet Given and Other Tales of the Holidays Paperback Kergan Edwards-Stout

from LisaMP

I received this book through a Library Thing Early Reviewers giveaway. I love short stories and the fact they are centered around holidays was a plus for me. I enjoyed the writing but found the stories to be a little repetitive after the first few. The characters were well developed but the plot ...

from richardderus

An Early Reviewers win that I've tried and tried to find a way into, this collection isn't bad...but it's not good either. The sentences are direct and convey meaning without muss, fuss, or bother, but they never--not one time--rise above that basic function. Art is not the missing element, nor i...

from mposey82

The trickiest task with writing a collection of holiday themed stories is navigating past the dual traps of excessive sentimentality, practically intrinsic to a holiday story, while skipping past modern indulgences in doldrumatic anti-holiday torpor. Stick to the plot the characters, and the stor...

from nawnie

I was interested in the idea of this book, 14 holiday stories meant to inspire. Unfortunately I feel like most of the stories fell a little flat. Some stories seemed to be more of simple character profiles than actual short stories or tales. Others had a sweet message like The Road Back To Home, ...

from dmcco01

"Gifts Not Yet Given" is a beautiful collection of short stories that reflect the joys and pain of our holidays. I found myself written in many of its chapters. This was a wonderful work by an author I was unfamiliar with before, but I will certainly be seeking out more of Kergan's works.