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A review by bookworm32
Holly Pointe & Mistletoe by Cindy Kirk
3.0
This was the perfect way to start the holiday season. Cindy Kirk shines when bringing to the page a picture of small towns and the best part of the small town life. Stella Carpenter, a native to Miami, has been laid off from her job at the local paper, her parents died in a tragic car accident several years ago and she recently broke up with a boyfriend who it turns out was married. She wants to take back control of her life instead of living on a friend's couch. When her former editor calls her back to the office with the offer of a month long assignment in Holly Pointe in order to dig up dirt on the so-called friendliest town, Stella has reservations, but takes the job none the less. What follows is worthy of a live action Hallmark movie and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and truly did care about the characters. I felt that the plot was fairly predictable in regard to Stella's gathering information on and speculation about different residents within the town of Holly Pointe. As she continues to gather information for her article, she also makes friends, meets a hunky guy who is the town manager. As she continually takes part in the month long festivities as the town's acting social media person, she begins to realize that salacious gossip journalism just isn't who she is, and would disappoint her deceased parents. As she tries to get herself out of writing the article and also tell Sam, her new love interest, the truth about why she was in Holly Pointe in the first place, things come falling down. I wish that we had gotten a bit more in terms of some the the other character's backstories, although knowing Ms. Kirk and penchant for great small town book series, I am hoping we get another Holly Pointe book in the future. I received an advanced copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and truly did care about the characters. I felt that the plot was fairly predictable in regard to Stella's gathering information on and speculation about different residents within the town of Holly Pointe. As she continues to gather information for her article, she also makes friends, meets a hunky guy who is the town manager. As she continually takes part in the month long festivities as the town's acting social media person, she begins to realize that salacious gossip journalism just isn't who she is, and would disappoint her deceased parents. As she tries to get herself out of writing the article and also tell Sam, her new love interest, the truth about why she was in Holly Pointe in the first place, things come falling down. I wish that we had gotten a bit more in terms of some the the other character's backstories, although knowing Ms. Kirk and penchant for great small town book series, I am hoping we get another Holly Pointe book in the future. I received an advanced copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.