A review by joymargot
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore

2.0

Let me start with the caveat that this isn’t really my sort of thing, I don’t read romance and I was lured in entirely by the promise of pumpkin spice cosy vibes. I wasn’t expecting a literary masterpiece and I knew it would be cheesy as hell but somehow I was still disappointed!

Almost nothing happens, it’s under-edited, incredibly repetitive, heteronormative to the point of ridiculousness and the spicy scenes are excruciating. Does anyone really find the word “erection” titillating?! It also borrows liberally from Gilmore Girls, even down to the author’s pen name.

To its credit, it’s a quick read and the small town setting is indeed cosy and charming. I didn’t have an awful time but I’m certainly not champing at the bit to read the next one.