Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About is a dual POV black cat/golden retriever romance. Sadie is a textile artist who left Indiana and her father's pumpkin farm as soon as she could, but she gets called back home when her father has to leave the farm unattended to go take care of his injured brother. Once home, she finds her father's prized pumpkin patch destroyed, and meets the sunshiney new neighbor Josh when he rides (literally) to the rescue. Josh is entralled by Sadie, her penchant for black clothes and her prickly personality, and the two form an unlikely partnership. But Sadie has a life back in California, and a small farm in Indiana is just a pit stop!

This was a fantastic read! I loved the complicated relationships that Sadie had with people in her life, and her searching out the good memories that she had pushed out of her mind over the years. I loved how absolutely gone Josh was for her and the way that neither of them hid their true selves from the other. The absolute honesty of their interactions was a breath of fresh air. I will definitely be on the lookout for more from this author..

Read dates: 07/20/2025- 07/21/2025
Goodreads review: 07/21/2025
Instagram review: 07/22/2025
Blog review: 08/26/2025

I’m crackling for all things pumpkin, anytime of year, and I was sooo ready when I saw this title! I fell right into the pumpkin weigh-off, Pea Blossom, the fiercely independent artist and swear throwing “sexy vampire bat” that’s Sadie and the tech-nerd-turned-squash-farmer Josh. ✨🎃🦇🤓🕯️ Add in the dysfunctional family and the depth of real characters and this is one of the best romance reads to cozy down with. Refreshing, enchanting and highly enjoyable!

A sweet and spicy romcom to bring you all the fall vibes! Sadie and Josh find that maybe all their differences at the surface can’t truly bind how they are meant for each other. I loved being submersed in the town of Pea Blossom, Indiana. The atmosphere was well done and beautiful. Makes me wish fall would hurry up and get here already!

Classic Harlequin romance but with its seasonal and cute quirks. Took my a little bit to get into this one, finally caught me about half way through. I love fall and everything pumpkins so i knew i had to like some aspects to this book. It had a common ending but it would jump from slow to 100 in no time. I liked the character development. You could really tell when the writer got comfortable writing this storyline then it flowed.it was cute, hopefully it does well during pumpkin season.

Thank you NetGalley for a rerelease of this love.

Fall is in the air! Fall rom coms are hard to find, so I was thrilled to come across this book. Get yourself a PSL, a cozy blanket, and this novel for a dreamy fall day.

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About is a fun, grumpy x sunshine, small town romance!

After a family emergency calls her father to be away from the farm, Sadie Fox returns to her hometown of Pea Blossom, Indiana, to take a break from her Californian life and watch over her father's pumpkins. A textile artist with a creative block, Sadie seeks inspiration in the small town where she grew up and in the new guy who lives next door to her father's farm.

There's a decent amount of character development, which makes it feel both realistic and significant. If you're looking for a book where the guy is obsessed and yearning, this is absolutely one to check out. This is a cute, spicy romance that also deals with the complexity of parent/child relationships and perceived expectations. I really recommend this for those wanting a cozy autumn romance with a medium amount of spice.

LET'S GIVE 'EM PUMPKIN TO TALK ABOUT is a spicy and quick seasonal fall read!

It's like the perfect hallmark movie with the added bonus of some spice. This one will give you the full spectrum of emotions: funny, sad, romantic, emotional, all while making you yearn for the fall hugs like pumpkin spice and cool weather.

Josh is the businessman from the city while Sadie is coming back home to take over her dad's pumpkin farm. Sadie is our grump while Josh is our sunshine. They work together to pull together a fall festival to help save Sadie's family farm but Josh has to struggle with the fact that he was sent to purchase the farm.

Sadie and Josh's banter was off the charted and I had tons of fun reading this one.

This was a cute and steamy filled, fun short read! Sadie is a gothic grump who if forced to come home to help her dad manage his pumpkin farm while he is out of state. I loved her as a character and I loved that even though she was a plus size woman, the author didn't shy away from describing her curves and how her clothes fit her. Josh was so much sunshine packed into one person and I loved it. I enjoyed his and Sadie's relationship and how he just wanted her for her and to treat her right. I also enjoyed the museum and being able to see the art side of Sadie's job. I liked all the nerdy stuff like the cabinets closing but alittle machine that almost took Sadie's hand off lol. Plus how could I forget the pumpkins!! I enjoyed reading about the growing and how they cultivated everything. Plus the pumpkin throwing scene was the best. This book threw me into fall mode and now I wants cool weather all the fall themed books.

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About is a "spicy small town rivals to lovers fall romance". This one is perfect to read for the fall season.

Thank you to Isabelle Popp, Afterglow Books and NetGalley for this ARC!

Super cute sunshine/grumpy dynamic. I learned a bit about weaving and pumpkin growing in between the spicy scenes, so that was fun! I also enjoyed Sadie and Stu figuring out their father/daughter relationship and Grace’s role in Sadie’s life.

I was really excited to read this book. I love a good fall book and the cover definitely gave the good fall vibes. I also was intrigued since the description said it took place in Indiana. It’s not often that I find books that take place in my home state. It was fun to here mentions of various places in Indiana that I know of and it definitely had the feel of the small Indiana towns. I definitely felt like I was in the farm country of Indiana while reading.

While I liked the basic plot of the book and the enemies to lovers romance, I just felt the book fell short. The beginning of the book definitely caught my attention as Sadie was throwing the pumpkin waste and Josh meets her during the midst of her anger. I enjoyed reading about how they got to know each other and how he was so helpful in so many different ways. I do feel the book fell short though. There would be several chapters that took place in one day but then the book would jump ahead several days or even weeks. Then there’d be several more chapters that all took place on the same day. I felt like there was a lot of character development/development between Sadie and Josh that was missing due to these big jumps. I also don’t feel the book had the “cozy fall read” that I was hoping for.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Romance | Afterglow Books by Harlequin for the ARC.

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About is a fun, cozy, autumnal romance! It's a quick read, rife with good banter, good spice, and cozy fall vibes. I love a good grumpy sunshine, and this was a fun black cat x golden retriever story of tech millionaire sunshiney Josh falling for prickly on the outside former punk, textile artist Sadie. Sadie and Josh definitely get off on the wrong foot, but one stormy kiss later, and they're singing a different tune.

This was overall a fun story of hometown redemption, second chances, forgiveness, and finding love in a place you didn't expect. If you want a quick, cozy and spicy read to get you in the autumnal mood, then give this a go!

Let’s begin with a fall romance with some spice!

Love a good small town romance with some sass and a slowish burn. Sadie is hilarious and kind of reminds me of myself in ways. This is definitely a must read for the fall when the vibes are everything chilly and spooky!

I enjoyed this book and thought it was cute! It's a short read, so I flew through it pretty quickly,y which was nice. I've been preferring standalone books recently, so this was a perfect pick. I wish I had kept it until fall, but I was a little TOO EAGER to read it. I'm impatiently waiting for fall, if you can't tell...

Although the cover is on the cuter side, there is still spice in this book, and I thoroughly enjoyed the tropes present as well. I'm a sucker for small towns and grumpy x sunshine. Overall, great read and will definitely try to reread during the fall season.

4.25⭐️

***THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS***

This book was so cute! I loved banter between Sadie and Josh and loved watching their relationship blossom despite her best efforts. I think their character progression (together and separately) was amazing! And even a little surprise character progression for her dad at the end as well.

My only issue is that there were no potential TW listed at the beginning. As someone who struggled with infertility and then pregnancy loss, I would have appreciated a warning for the conversation with her sister towards the end about possibly not keeping her baby. That was very triggering for me.

I was totally shocked by this book. I was expecting a sweet fall small town romance and what I got was heat and angst and a closet of fun, 😜. This is a making up for past trauma and trying to heal story and breathes acceptance and being unique and how that’s okay. I loved the story. I loved the message and I loved the delivery. This is narrated by Adelaide Fernport who did an amazing job of portraying the cast. I like how she’s depicts Sadie and Josh and it isn’t just a female male voice. This felt like a multicast and it was easy to listen to. A perfect spicy fall romance.

This rom-com is pure pumpkin spice chaos meets golden retriever boyfriend goals, and I devoured every last gourd-geous page. 🍂✨

Sadie Fox is the kind of heroine I’d follow straight into a corn maze blindfolded—sharp-tongued, inked-up, and deeply unimpressed by both nature and her sunshiney neighbor. She came back to Pea Blossom with one goal: grow a beast of a pumpkin and earn some long-overdue fatherly approval. But then? BAM—feral hogs ruin everything (relatable), and in bounces Josh Thatcher: tech bro turned squash whisperer with a megawatt smile and suspiciously perfect forearms.

Their chemistry is off the charts from the moment he offers to help her rebuild—against all rom-com logic, considering they’re pumpkin rivals. But between stolen glances, stormy kisses, and late-night field flirtations, this story becomes so much more than enemies-to-lovers (or in this case, grump-meets-gourd-god). It’s a warm, hilarious, and surprisingly tender story about second chances, found family, and learning to let someone love the crunchy, complicated parts of you.

Also: the banter? Top-tier. The vibes? Peak cozy-fall-in-love. The pumpkin metaphors? Chef’s kiss.

If you're looking for something to curl up with under a flannel blanket while sipping cider and threatening to cry over squash, this book delivers. A total harvest-season gem.

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About by Isabelle Popp is excellent, give me 15 of them. The story follows grumpy Sadie Fox as she takes over her dad's pumpkin patch while he takes care of his brother. The farm gets destroyed by hogs from a neighboring farm and the little sunshine Josh Thatcher decides he is going to help Sadie.

This book is so stinking cute. I liked how respectful and sweet Josh was. I always love when the girl is grumpy and the guy is a ray of sunshine, I find that so cute. I very much enjoyed how into both of their jobs the two of them were. I thought that the fact that it was a little bit of a "finding yourself" story was *chef's kiss*. All around it was such a fun book that is just trying to be a fun little read and that's exactly what I wanted when I picked this book up.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes cozy romances with golden retriever cinnamon roll MMC. I do not recommend this book to anyone who likes dark boys because you won't like it. If you are in the mood for a cute little cozy light fall vibes read then you might really like this book. I do have to give two warning: the first is that the mom is just a bad mom, it is more described than on screen but she is a bad mom and the second is that the dad is mediocre at best so if that triggers you, maybe skip this one.

Tropes: grumpy x sunshine, midwest, millionaire romance, cinnamon roll mmc, golden retriever mmc, he falls first

Triggers: bad mom, mediocre dad

Thank you to NetGalley, Harlequin - Romance | Afterglow Books by Harlequin, Harlequin Audio, and Isabelle Popp for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

A cute read. Sadie loves living in LA. She left Indiana and never planned to go back. However, when her father asks for her help with his pumpkin patch, she obliges and strives to do him (and herself) proud. When the entire pumpkin patch is destroyed, her father's next-door neighbor offers help. Soon, Sadie finds herself falling for the handsome and friendly yet mysterious Josh.

Tthe pumpkin growing competition plot is fun, Sadie has an interesting job (textile artist), Josh is trying to create the perfect squash, etc. Readers looking for an opposites attract, fall vibes romance will find plenty to enjoy.

Thank you to Harlequin and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a copy.

Let’s Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About is a perfect fall romance! I think there’s something super fun about an opposites attract, small town romance with cozy autumnal vibes, and this did not disappoint. It’s short and sweet and enjoyable. The book has rom com vibes balanced with spice and emotional moments. I enjoyed the MCs and the tropes!