Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice
by Becky Monson · 2022
If I were ever to write a memoir, it would be titled, Jenna Peterson’s Guide to Dating Emotionally Unavailable Men. I’m like a professional at it. I’m so good, I can take any dysfunctional man and turn him into Prince Charming, just in time for him to dump me and then go on to marry the next woman he dates. I’m about ready to give up on loving real men and focus on lusting over fictional men in the Turkish dramas I can’t stop devouring. But then . . . I find a mysterious fifty-dollar bill with a handwritten note on it that was donated to my family’s pumpkin patch by accident. And wouldn’t you know it, the mystery man it belongs to is emotionally unavailable, albeit freakishly attractive. I keep telling myself to walk away, but there’s something about Aidan St. Claire that makes me want to unravel all his secrets. All I know is he sure can heat up the cozy fall nights. I can’t help but think that maybe this time I’ll get to keep Prince Charming for myself.
Rating: 3.00/5 from 1 ratings · Heat: 1 · Genres: Chick Lit, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
Reviews
Cat Thompson — 3/5
Jenna has a problem of dating emotionally unavailable men. Even worse? She has a problem of FIXING them, too, to where the next person those men date, they wind up marrying. Jenna has sworn off dating emotionally unavailable men because of her need to fix them. But in walks broody Aidan St. Claire. Super rich, super hot, but SUPER grumpy and closed off. But this time, he’s asking Jenna to actually help him learn how to converse. This was a really cute story and I would have given it a higher rating if the kiss didn’t happen until the VERY END of the book. I mean it was such a slow burn that a burn didn’t even happen at all! I wish we could have gotten to see Aidan and Jenna be an actual couple and not just for one chapter. I enjoyed the writing style, though, and was giggling throughout. A good read, but disappointed in the lack of kissing, hugging, etc.