Amazon.com: The Pumpkin Spice Café: TikTok Made Me Buy It (Dream Harbor, Book 1) eBook : Gilmore, Laurie: Kindle Store

I enjoyed this light-hearted, cute & fun Hallmark-movie-like story. The characters were entertaining and brought out lots of smiles. Was it sometimes cheesy? Perhaps. But I must’ve been in the mood for that cheese because I really liked it. It was perfect for this time of year.Here are a few things that made me enjoy this book:cozy fall vibes,small town fun,an adorable coffee shop,crazy side characters,insta-love,a little mystery thrown in the mix.Apparently, (according to lots of reviews) this has a Gilmore Girls feel to it. Confession: I’ve never watched one episode of GG (don’t come at me) so I can’t compare them.Many of the low-star ratings say they aren’t a fan of insta-love. Well, guess what? I am. And I believe that’s what made me absolutely fine with their relationship. Yes, there was a lot of beating around the bush from both Logan and Jeanie - they were both too afraid to admit their feelings. Unfortunately , I took away one star for all the miscommunication. Kinda drove me bonkers. lolAnd don’t let the pretty cover fool you into thinking this is a clean romance. For those of you who like a little spice in your romance stories, this one’s got you covered. Though the majority of it is pretty innocent. ;)Laurie Gilmore was a new-to-me author and I’m happy I took a chance and read this. I like her writing style and I will definitely be reading the next book.

I should have known better. But this book was EVERYWHERE. In the airport, translated and on bookshelves in Europe, stacked high at my local indie bookstore and even higher at B&N. I should have known, but I let my curiosity spend $2.99 and I’m here.📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Dream Harbor character series. Book 1.📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle. 🆓 on KU.📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Small town romance📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Strangers-to-lovers, city girl/country boy.📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Jeanie moves to Dream Harbor to run her aunts cafe after she abruptly retires. She meets Logan, the local farmer who had his heart broken before.🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I usually try not to post scathing reviews. My policy is if it’s viral, I share, because I want to make sure my community know what they’re getting into.If you judged this book by its cover, you’d be totally right in what you guessed. It’s fall themed. It’s small town. Theres some cuteness.But there’s absolutely 0 plot. There’s almost no love story. These characters fall in love with legitimately no dating or deep conversations. It’s quick and superficial, and they’re throwing out “I love you” with legit no reasoning behind it.There’s some spice, but it’s hasty and shoved into the last 20%. There’s no cutesy epilogue. The setup for the next book seems predictable and one-dimensional as well.Disappointed it didn’t live up to the hype, but really shouldn’t be that surprised.𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 2.5/5 ⭐⭐𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 2.5/5 🌶🌶