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A review by bandherbooks
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.25
A solid, if overly long and repetitive small town romance set during the Fall // Halloween season on the East Coast.
I would read more from the author, but not if the same audiobook narrator narrates because the voice just sounded slightly granny to me, when these are twenty-somethings.
Also, Logan is a piece of work and needs massive therapy wow. Talk about wrecked by an embarrassing public proposal that HE ENGINEERED even knowing that he was in a troubled long-distance relationship. Dude, you brought that on yourself and you need to figure out your abandonment issues. I just found it especially a lot because it was repeated over, and over, and over again.
the pacing was also a bit off for me; lots of cock block moments where they get to kissing and get interrupted, and then no full sex scene until the very end, right before the bleak moment, and then a imo too easy forgiveness and get back together.
The entire mystery arc was so silly because it just petered out and self-solved.
maybe i'm rating too highly, but ANY WAY I did have an okay time listening and didn't stop. let's just say i'm giving a full star because he is a hero who eats, and we did get some on-page sexy times even if they were not very steamy (think a bit more explicit in words than Nora Roberts).
I would read more from the author, but not if the same audiobook narrator narrates because the voice just sounded slightly granny to me, when these are twenty-somethings.
Also, Logan is a piece of work and needs massive therapy wow. Talk about wrecked by an embarrassing public proposal that HE ENGINEERED even knowing that he was in a troubled long-distance relationship. Dude, you brought that on yourself and you need to figure out your abandonment issues. I just found it especially a lot because it was repeated over, and over, and over again.
the pacing was also a bit off for me; lots of cock block moments where they get to kissing and get interrupted, and then no full sex scene until the very end, right before the bleak moment, and then a imo too easy forgiveness and get back together.
The entire mystery arc was so silly because it just petered out and self-solved.
maybe i'm rating too highly, but ANY WAY I did have an okay time listening and didn't stop. let's just say i'm giving a full star because he is a hero who eats, and we did get some on-page sexy times even if they were not very steamy (think a bit more explicit in words than Nora Roberts).