Tilte
It's unfortunate for some anthologies that we rate a book as a whole because most anthologies have stories of varying quality so that the good stories suffer with the inclusion of less worthy companions. The Gifts of Christmas is no exception. I hope that readers won't be deterred from considering purchase of this anthology because of its three heart rating, but I couldn't in good conscience give it any additional stars. If I could rate each story individually, that would give readers a more accurate perspective on this book. One story's great, one's quite good, and one's a waste of paper, ink, and time.
Each story is set in a different historical time period with the regency being the first and most recent proceeding to the Elizabethan era and then to a medieval setting. The stories' titles follow the theme established by the biblical allusion in the anthology's title.
The best of the three stories is "A Handful of Gold" by Mary Balogh. In a story reminiscent of Joan Wolf's......
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