‘Something About September’ is cozy, cheesy and exactly what Abbie needed

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 / 🌶

There truly is something about September.

Rebecca is back in her small town one year after the death of her grandma, which just so happens to also be one year after she made a fool of herself with her high school crush, Cort Adams. Who just so happens to be the only person she can hire to fix up her grandma’s diner so that she can sell it and leave Cort, and the small town, behind. At least, that’s the plan.

This book was as cheesy and romcom as you can get. It takes place in a small town with a striking resemblance to Stars Hollow (the town is called Bramley Hollow). It’s September, and the town is preparing for its autumn festival; everyone knows everyone, and word travels fast. You know immediately that Becca and Cort are meant to be together (it’s a romance, obviously) and that they are going to have stupid miscommunications that keep them apart until the end of the book.

And that’s why you have to love it.

Was it the best-written book I have ever read? No. It was slightly disjointed in the way it moved from scene to scene, and the characters were caricatures of a small-town romance. Do I care? Not in the slightest. This book gave me exactly what I needed as I long for the fall season and that crisp autumn breeze while I read in my air-conditioned apartment, away from the 90-degree sun. When I wasn’t reading, I wanted to be. When I was reading, I was flipping through pages faster than I typically do. And I loved every second of it.