Allyson M W Dyar reviewed Candy Coated Murder by Kate Bell
Review of 'Candy Coated Murder' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Pumpkin Hollow is an unusual town in that it celebrates Halloween all year round. While some residents think this is a great idea and a wonderful tourist attraction, others in the town, especially some of the merchants think this is a terrible idea.
Our heroine has returned to her childhood home of Pumpkin Hollow to help with the family's candy and coffee shop. Mia has spent the last few years accumulating a number of degrees, none of which brought her any happiness like her home does.
She certainly doesn't appreciate some of the town wanting to rescind the year round Halloween tradition and works to get those who approve to support keeping things the way they are. However, one of the proponents of ditching the tradition is killed and left on her porch positioned like a scarecrow and we're off to the races to find the miscreant.
Of course, this …
Pumpkin Hollow is an unusual town in that it celebrates Halloween all year round. While some residents think this is a great idea and a wonderful tourist attraction, others in the town, especially some of the merchants think this is a terrible idea.
Our heroine has returned to her childhood home of Pumpkin Hollow to help with the family's candy and coffee shop. Mia has spent the last few years accumulating a number of degrees, none of which brought her any happiness like her home does.
She certainly doesn't appreciate some of the town wanting to rescind the year round Halloween tradition and works to get those who approve to support keeping things the way they are. However, one of the proponents of ditching the tradition is killed and left on her porch positioned like a scarecrow and we're off to the races to find the miscreant.
Of course, this being a cozy mystery, we find out whodunit, however the question about keeping or ditching year round Halloween isn't resolved. That's not fair to the reader as the author has spent a great deal of time on the subject to leave the readers hanging on such a major issue.
Sorry. I paid for a complete book, hence my rating of 2 stars. Perhaps other readers will rate this book higher but I seriously dislike being jerked around like this.
