Pumpkin Pounder by Laura Lovely

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The last book I read for September was Pumpkin Pounder by Laura Lovely. I wanted a quick novella to end the month and something fall vibes for Fall in Love and the Bang in the Night Bingo. October 1st also started the Love in the Night Readathon so I wanted to stick away from paranormal and save those for both that and the upcoming Paranormal Romance Readathon. Okay, so this is the second book in her Fairytale Remixes series and I went against my normal reading things in order rule. I applied this to the prompt fall release for Fall in Love. This also covers the trick or treat, a dark, dark and stormy night, #squadgoals and published in October prompts for Bang in the Night Bingo.

Daisy and her roommate are headed to a Halloween party at a run down tugboat. Daisy is known as a "pumpkin pounder." She is pretty much just attracted to red-headed men and has made it her personal goal to go through the red-headed population of New York. At the party, she comes across a new man with a gorgeous Irish accent. Is one night going to be enough?

This was cute. I have to say though, it took me a bit to get into it. The way that they were talking felt so "movie" and just didn't seem natural. I've never been a bit partier or night club attendee, so maybe people talk like this. I don't know. It just felt weird and it almost immediately made me nervous if it was going to be like this the entire time. I almost dnf-ed it, this 60 page novella. Once they stopped being "on," I was able to get into the story more.

There are a couple things that saved this for me, the first is Jack. He was just so sweet and I really loved how he took her out for a date and really pushed her to want more than just a "wham, bam" one-night stand. I also liked the scene where Daisy went to therapy. I felt it was done well outside of the quick breakthrough. This is a novella though, so the quickness didn't bother me much. I also liked that it ended with a we're going to start dating and not too much of an instant love. 

If you're looking for a quick Halloween and/or fall read, certainly check this out. I think going over it in my head for this review I'm leaning more towards 3.5 stars. I'll definitely check out the first book since it's about mermaids. I just wanted to stick to fall or Halloween vibed books this month.

Have you read Pumpkin Pounder?

Bookishly Yours,

Stasi🍎

STATISTICS: Pumpkin Pounder, Laura Lovely, 3-stars, 0 days, eBook, 60 pages, published in 2019