By: Joy Callaway
Hattie comes to her hometown for what she thinks will be a short visit to help her parents keep their small peanut farm. She ends up having to stay longer to help the town fight the building of a new NFL stadium. Oh, and her high school sweetheart has returned after an injury ended his MLB career. She falls right back in his arms and they are suddenly still in love. But then, there is also the hunky, mysterious bar owner in town. You can see where this is all going. I usually can enjoy a Hallmark like romance every now and then, but the characters are not likable at all and it seems like the whole town is being really naive that a concert venue on a peanut farm can save the town.
I have loved Callaway’s historical fiction and was excited about one that would take me to the Carolinas. However, Sing Me Home to Carolina was a genre shift for Callaway into romance that doesn’t quite hit the mark. It seems to be a story told a million times over on the Hallmark Channel and there is not much to single this story out from the rest.
This one just did not hit the mark. Thank you NetGalley for this advanced reader copy in exchange for this honest review.
