Confession: I don’t drink lattes, pumpkin or otherwise.

Phew. It felt good getting that off my chest. To be fair, there are no coffee shops anywhere relatively close to me except for a teensy local thing, and I’ve only had espressos there as a treat a handful of times. Because really, I don’t need espressos. I feel like I’m already highly excitable and hyper.

ANYWAY, pumpkin spice is a thing that a lot of people do, so why not have a tag about it, yeah? Let’s do it!

Rules

• Link back to the original post
• Thank the person who tagged you (Thanks @ Leelynn)
• Do the prompts below
• Tag some friends
• Most importantly – have fun!

Pumpkin Spice Latte

✦ A book you didn’t think you’d love ✦

I’m a little ashamed to admit this because wow did I love this SO FREAKING MUCH. But aliens + space = a hard pass for me, thanks. I haven’t traditionally liked those sorts of books, so I kept skipping on this one. DON’T DO THIS, FOLKS. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE AND READ THIS. Right now. No, you know what? Go. Just go and don’t come back until you’ve finished.

Hot Apple Cider

✦ A book that got you a little bit hot under the collar ✦

Other than assassins, I had no idea what to expect going into this, so when I finally started reading it … oh my smut. o.0 I don’t read a lot of smut because I usually find it pretty boring, but I loved this series so much. I actually skipped the later smut scenes in the last two books because … blah. I didn’t like the pairing, and that kind of kills it. But the one in this book? It was kinda hot, guys.

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

✦ A book that felt like a warm hug ✦

I just really wanted to hug everybody in this, including the parents. Especially the parents? Obviously, they’re killing it. I didn’t think I’d enjoy this quite as much as I did, but oh my gosh, Ari and Dante are marshmallows and I had so many warm fluffy feelings from this.

Maple Pecan Latte

✦ A book you enjoyed that was hard to get into ✦

I actually panicked at first, because this was one of my most anticipated books this year. It was comped as Pokemon x Avatar: The Last Airbender. WHERE DID THINGS GO SO WRONG? I was so confused at the beginning and just couldn’t get into it at first. BUT HAVE NO FEAR. Around 10% or 15%, things really kicked into gear and I was along for the ride through the rest of it, and it was a really good read.

London Fog

✦ A vanilla character ✦

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get any more vanilla than Britt-Marie. I haven’t read this book, in particular, but I have met Britt-Marie in a different Backman book. Yet, despite her plainness, of course she has so much depth and strength. Because she’s a Backman character. Duh. There was so much about her to love.

Hot Buttered Rum

✦ A book that was velvety smooth to read ✦

Chokshi is such a vivid, poetic writer to start with, and when you add to that high stakes, a competition, and two witty characters with banter … yup. This book just flowed right along and was such a pleasure to read.

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

✦ A character whose temperament is icy cold ✦

Icy cold pretty well describes both Gideon and Hallow, and I can’t decide which of them I love more. Since this is Gideon’s book, I suppose I’ll go with her. I know icy cold is supposed to be a bad thing, but … it’s really not, because she makes it so fabulous.

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

✦ A book that you’re salty about ✦

Okay, y’all. Everyone told me how good this was. I heard so many positive reviews and was told to read it because I’d love it. Welp. I did not. I hated Audrey with a fervor, and Thomas was only slightly more tolerable. I’m so salty because I wanted to love this book so much and be part of the tribe of fangirls, and I just didn’t. I’ll be over in the corner all alone in my dislike. T_T

Honey Bee Latte

✦ A character who is sweet ✦

Charley Sutherland is just … he’s too sweet, okay? He’s sweet and fluffy and geeky and deserves all the hugs. But he also comes into his own in this book, which is nice. Even though he’s still sweet. I mean … there’s no fairy godmother or genies in this world, so they can only do so much.

Gingerbread Latte

✦ A character you’d take home for Christmas ✦

Teagan Frost may seem like an odd choice, with her mouthiness and sarcasm and inability to fit well into society. Which obviously means she’d get along with my family swimmingly. Also, how fun would Christmas be with her involved? And decorating would be so freaking easy. Not seeing a downside here.

Tag … You’re It!

✿ Amanda
✿ Melanie and Mirielle
✿ Susan
✿ Evelyn
✿ Lydia
✿ YOU!

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Do you agree with any of my choices? What would some of your choices be?