Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About

By: Isabelle Popp

Narrated by: Adelaide Fernport

She’s a little edgy. He’s a lot of sunshine.

Love’s about to catch them completely off gourd…

Textile artist Sadie Fox did not sign up for this. When she agreed to come home to Pea Blossom, Indiana, it was to care for her father’s beloved pumpkin patch. The deal was that—just for the summer—she would grow a ginormous pumpkin, win the Indiana State Fair's pumpkin contest and finally win back her father’s (grudging) respect.

Instead, a horde of wild hogs destroyed the. entire. patch. Which is precisely when the annoyingly sexy, sunshiny next-door neighbor shows up.

Josh Thatcher is a tech millionaire who traded in the office for growing gourds, including experimental squash hybrids. And for the life of her, Sadie can’t understand what he sees in her sweary, tattooed, prickly self—or why he’s offering to help his biggest competitor. But a storm-fueled kiss proves there’s definitely something growing between them.

Maybe it’s just attraction. Maybe it’s more. Whatever it is, it’s already bigger than Sadie’s fast-growing pumpkin…or the secret that Josh has been hiding.

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This book will definitely appeal to some readers—it just didn’t quite hit the mark for me personally. I can see younger adult readers, especially those who enjoy an Emo vibe, connecting more with the story and characters.

I usually enjoy the grumpy/sunshine trope, but I’m starting to realize that it doesn’t work as well for me when the FMC (female main character) is the grumpy one. That dynamic just didn’t click for me here.

That said, the cover is absolutely adorable, and the premise had a lot of promise. There were some spicy moments sprinkled throughout, but they felt a bit sporadic and didn’t quite flow with the rest of the story.

Overall, while this wasn’t quite my cup of tea, I can still see others really enjoying it. A solid 3-star read.