YA Review: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice (Katie Cicatelli-Kuc)

About This Book:

Gilmore Girls fans! Pour yourselves a hot cup of tea and get ready to fall in love with this cozy YA romance that will have you dreaming of autumn all year long.
Fall is a big deal in Briar Glen, a quaint and charming village in New England. That’s when tourists from all over the country descend upon this picturesque town to see the babbling brooks and colorful leaves while sipping hot chocolate or pumpkin spice lattes. 

But sixteen-year-old Lucy Kane hates the uber-popular PSL. She finds it overrated — especially when you consider the fact that there isn’t even pumpkin in it! — which is bad because she works at Cup o’ Jo, the local coffee shop her mom owns. Business at Cup o’ Jo hasn’t been great in the off-season, but that’s okay because it always picks up during the fall … 

Until Java Junction, a multinational coffee chain, opens across the street and makes things harder for the small shop. And to make matters worse, it turns out Jack Harper, the new kid in school and Lucy’s secret crush, is the son of the owner. Suddenly, fall doesn’t seem like it’ll be all it’s cracked up to be. Will Lucy find a way to save her mom’s coffee shop?

*Review Contributed by Connie Reid, Site Manager*

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice is a light breezy read reminiscent of a Hallmark movie. Set in a small town during the fall season we meet Lucy whose mom own the local coffee shop. Things take a worrying turn when a big coffee chain opens across the street. It doesn’t help anything that the new popular and cute boy at school, Jack, is the new owner’s son. Lucy has a lot of ups and downs as she wants to hate Jack but he is too sweet and sincere to dislike for long. Filled with yummy baking that challenges any readers diet not to get a hankering for all food pumpkin and apple and nostalgic scenes of fall festivals this makes a great season read to get in the holiday mood. The characters are a bit one dimensional and the plot focuses mainly on the coffee shop but it is a quick book that is easy to pick up and read to the end. Overall, it is a perfect choice for reading a light hearted YA romance and getting into the spirit of fall.

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