Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
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Books ReviewedKatie Cicatelli-Kuc books in order
4 books; 1 reviewed on LuvemBooks. Dates and covers from Amazon.
2019QuarantineAmazon ↗
2021Going ViralAmazon ↗
2024Our review →
2025Mint To Be - a cute, coming of age romance with childhood friends to lovers in a cosy small town for fans of Gilmore GirlsAmazon ↗
Ask LuvemBooks about Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
- Where should I start?
- With 1 book reviewed on LuvemBooks, Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice is the natural entry point — a New York Times bestseller pitched to Gilmore Girls fans, following sixteen-year-old Lucy Kane as she defends her mom's indie coffee shop from a chain opening across the street. It holds a 3.9/5 reader rating from 715 Amazon ratings, so set expectations on autumnal atmosphere rather than romantic sparks.
- What's their writing style?
- Based on the book we've reviewed, Cicatelli-Kuc writes seasonal YA romance grounded in everyday stakes — a family business facing down a corporate chain rather than anything fantastical. Critics singled out the autumnal charm of the coffee-shop setting, though some felt the prose delivered more atmosphere than romantic chemistry. Their decade-plus as a children's publishing copy editor and production editor is a craft-first path into fiction that few YA authors share.
- Books we've reviewed
- We've reviewed 1 Katie Cicatelli-Kuc book: Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice (Scholastic, 2024), a YA romance in which sixteen-year-old Lucy Kane — a pumpkin-spice skeptic working at her mom's indie coffee shop, Cup o' Jo — clashes with the chain opening across the street and the boy tied to it. Readers rate it 3.9/5 from 715 Amazon ratings, with critics warmer on the autumnal charm than the chemistry.
- What genre do they write?
- Cicatelli-Kuc's reviewed work on LuvemBooks is Young Adult — specifically a seasonal YA romance set around a small-town coffee shop. Their bio also notes books for young readers and several published nonfiction pieces, so their output spans more than one shelf.
- Is Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice part of a series?
- Yes — the author's bio identifies it as part of the young adult Cup o' Jo series, named after the indie coffee shop at the story's center. We've reviewed this installment so far, and the bio doesn't specify how many books the series includes.
- What should I read after Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice?
- The obvious next step is Quarantine (Scholastic, 2019), Cicatelli-Kuc's debut YA novel and their other best-known work — though we haven't reviewed it, so we can't vouch for its content. Since Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice belongs to the Cup o' Jo series, further series installments are also worth watching for.
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