Some stores were phenomenal, some were really unrealistic even by LM Montgomery's standards, but it was still a sweet collection.

While these certainly weren't Montgomery's finest stories, they still had her beautiful descriptions, sweet endings, and, as always, people alone in the world finding homes. ❤️

A classic worth reading.

Well intentioned idea, but every story in this book was effectively the same thing. It felt repetitive abd boring.

As with most short story collections, some are much better than others. And as with many other short story collections, some stories would be better in isolation so you don't notice how a number of plot elements are almost the same as another story.

My favorite story was the first one, about a little girl whose mother is dead, so she decides to go to the village witch to ask for a new mother. Cute, clever, and fun. Many of the stories show virtue being well rewarded, which I think we need more examples of in today's world. For example, a shop girl who is struggling with a serious personal problem is much more patient with a customer than the rude, demanding customer deserves. And it is *because* the shop girl did not return an eye for an eye that a wealthy benefactress notices the shop girl and choose to help her.

Over all, well worth reading to round out your L. M. Montgomery experience.

3.5

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3.5/5

Most of these stories are quite "twee" by today's standards, and very formulaic in their happy endings, but they are written with Montgomery's unfailingly beautiful style and the characters are surprisingly vivid.

The stories are charming and well-written but quickly become repetitive.

These stories are primarily ones that never saw the light of day after being published in magazines in Montgomery's lifetime. There's a reason for that. I love reading more my L.M. Montgomery, but these are not my favorites. Maybe because they're grouped together by theme? The stories get very repetitive. And some of the stories showed up as scenes in her books. Fans of Montgomery should read these, but don't pick this up expecting to fall in love with it.

Basic plot line of every story in this book: Sad orphan finds a connection that they didn't know about until now and lives happily ever after.