I’m a simple woman. When I see the words pumpkin and dog in a book synopsis, I’m going to jump. Especially considering I wanted to try reading more alien type romances. This novel follows our FMC as she discovers her pumpkin in a pumpkin patch as a child. Soon after the pumpkin hatches into a strange puppy with multiple tails who grows alongside her. Things start to get really crazy when our main character takes her not-dog dog out for a walk when she gets home from college, and they’re both abducted by an alien spacecraft.

This novel has dual POV’s which I love as a reader. It was so interesting to see what it felt like to experience life as a not-dog dog and as our main character wakes up abandoned on a spaceship. There was a lot of space talk in this novel with great descriptions of the ship, the sources of food, water, and even oxygen supply.

I had a little trouble coming to terms with the romance aspect of this book considering the fact that her dog transforms for a third time into a half humanoid half animalistic alien creation. I guess as a dog lover personally it felt awkward to change gears and have sexual interest in the being that was once her pet. The characters do address this awkwardness which made it bearable, and towards the end of the novel I felt myself getting more on board with their relationship.

I found the time on the spaceship a little dull, but really enjoyed the later part of the book. Overall I thought the author did a great job creating new species, suspense, and eventually romantic chemistry between the characters. Going into this novel for some reason I thought this would be more of a Halloween story, but the only Halloween discussion is the first chapter when our MC finds her pumpkin.

I think sci-fi romance readers will enjoy this short 250-ish page story. I did mostly enjoy my time reading it, but I wouldn’t say it was out of this world great for me.