Title: Fall I want
Author: Lyra Parish
Publisher: Happily Ever After Ink
Pages: 476
Genre: Romance
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤
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Fall I want
Autumn lives in Cozy Creek and works as a barista, though deep down she would love to write again. After breaking up with her cheating ex-boyfriend, she has lost hope in love. One day, Zane Alexanders walks into the coffee shop and tells Autumn that the cup of coffee she made for him tastes like shit. Autumn is furious, but she can’t help but notice that he looks exactly like the man she’s been dreaming about for years.
Zane Alexanders needed a break and returned to his family manor, which his mother designed. On his very first day, he meets Autumn, and he can’t stop thinking about her. There’s a connection, a spark.
Review
It is fall, and that means it’s the perfect time to pick up more fall-themed books, whether romance or thrillers. This romance novel definitely gave me cozy autumn vibes, exactly what I wanted and needed.
The story was good, and I enjoyed it. I was close to giving this book a higher rating, maybe 4/5, but there’s a reason I didn’t. The paperback has 476 pages, which is already quite long for a romance novel. If there had been more drama or big twists, the length would have worked, but this was mostly a happy love story without a huge fight or breakup. They kiss, fall in love, and that’s basically it. I needed a little more than that. It was still cute, and a sweet love story is always nice, but in this case, I think the story would have been stronger if it had been a little shorter. I loved the beginning, but by the last 50–100 pages, I started to lose interest.
The characters were likable. Zane isn’t your typical arrogant rich guy, although it must be nice to have that much money. He was spending huge amounts every single day, which blew my mind, spending ten thousand euros for a dinner reservation is insane. I liked Autumn as well, although she made one cringey decision at the start: she literally broke into his house just because she was curious. That was a little too crazy and stupid.
One detail that made me laugh was the character names. Autumn has a sister named Winter, and I was just waiting for Summer and Spring to make an appearance. Then there were two brothers named Weston and Easton (East and West). I couldn’t decide if the author did this on purpose for fun, or if she just ran out of inspiration.
The book definitely delivered on fall vibes. It’s set in a small town called Cozy Creek during autumn, and it features seasonal activities like visiting a pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins.
If you’re looking for a cute small-town romance novel with cozy fall vibes, this could be the right book for you. Unless, of course, you don’t like spice, because there’s quite a lot of it in this one.