Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from November, 2025

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

  Rating: 4/5 Genre : YA Contemporary with a Dash of Romance Themes : Living for Yourself, Small Town Life, Working in a Coffee Shop, Cozy Autumn Experiences Premise :  Highschooler Lucy works in her mom's independent coffee shop located in a cozy New England town. It's the ideal spot for townspeople and tourists alike to grab mouthwatering beverages and baked goods, except the shop refuses to make what it deems the most cliché drink imaginable: pumpkin spice lattes. Lucy's world turns upside down when Java Junction, a multinational chain, opens across the street during leaf peeping season, a.k.a. the busiest time of year. Former dependable customers flock to the new establishment eager to drink Java Junction's famed PSLs. Fearful of what the competition means for her family's livelihood, and ruffled by the idea that her mom's shop is being threatened by a concoction that doesn't contain even an ounce of genuine pumpkin, Lucy dedicates every bit of her free ...