I finally decided to break into the knitting/romance genre with Rachael Herron’s Cypress Hollow Trilogy. Overall, I would give the series a 4 out of 5. ***SPOILER ALERT***

How to Knit A Love Song: This was my least favorite of the three. I’m not sure what it was exactly. Part of it could’ve been my resistence to this genre in the first place…for whatever reason I’ve never really been interested in mixing my love for knitting with my love of romance novels. Despite being told that the knitting wasn’t that signifcant, I have to disagree – there is A LOT of knitting in these books and it makes sense because the plot of this book involves the main character, Abigail, inheriting a little cottage from a knitting friend/legend, Eliza Carpenter and turning it into a yarn shop. The problem? The cottage is on the property being run by Eliza’s great-nephew Cade. It took me until close to the end until I started enjoying this story. I just didn’t like either character in the beginning and I really thought the stalker issue could’ve been developed more. I don’t understand why Abigail didn’t mention her stalker to the police or Cade after there was a mysterious fire, or why Cade just accepted that Abigail was the one to start the fire in the first place.
How to Knit a Heart Back Home: Lucy, owner of the town’s bookstore, is thrown for a loop when her teenage crush, Owen comes back to town. Back then, Owen was a bad-boy from a troubled-home, and the townsfolk have trouble seeing him as the man he is today, making sure his sick mother is comfortable in the nursing home. Owen has issues with trust, and Lucy doesn’t want to risk falling in love…but somehow, the two of them make it. Lucy shows great compassion towards Owen’s mother and her own mother Toots adds some hilarious moments to this story.
Wishes & Stitches: This was my absolute favorite of the three books!! I loved both Naomi and Rig. I really felt their attraction and the conflict. I felt for Naomi as she struggled to fit into the small town and how hurtful the gossip was of the townsfolk. This one gave me the tugging in my chest, clogged throat feeling at the end when the two lovebirds argue and then make up…I’m a sucker for romance and for me, this is my personal sign of a great romance novel. The betrayal and reconciliation have to be eep and heart-wrenching. I really started to enjoy all of the characters from the town more and more…and as much as some of them annoyed me, I have lived in and visited small towns where there are people just like those in Cypress Hollow.