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Christmas at the Cat Café by Jessica Redland
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Thank you @on_shais_shelf & @bookedbyamy for letting me be a part of your December buddy read! #shamybuddyread 🩷📚
“𝕀𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕩, 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕤𝕠 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥.”
Thoughts: The storyline of the book was cute. I loved the small-town and small-business setting. Fifteen cats—wow! I liked how the book delved into Tabby’s medical condition (Fibromyalgia). However, I feel the cover was somewhat misleading, as the romance in the book was secondary, and it didn't convey the Christmas vibe as much as the cover suggested. If you enjoy friends to lovers, workplace romance you may enjoy this book.
Synopsis: It had always been Tabby's dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in Whitsborough Bay couldn’t be a better place for pastry chef Tabby to open a cat café with her boyfriend, Leon. But when Leon leaves her in the lurch, the pressure mounts for Tabby. With Christmas fast approaching, she has to open the café on her own – a daunting prospect, especially when she's been hiding her health issues from the ones she loves. Faced with local resistance to the café – and somebody seemingly determined that she won’t succeed – Tabby will need her friends, family and cats more than ever to recover her broken Christmas spirit and pull together for a Christmas miracle. Will the cat café bring the festive joy to Castle Street as Tabby had hoped or will it be a cat-astrophe? And can the magic of Christmas on Castle Street mend Tabby's broken heart as well as her business?
Please check trigger warnings before reading this book.
★★★☆☆
“𝕀𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕩, 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕤𝕠 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥.”
Thoughts: The storyline of the book was cute. I loved the small-town and small-business setting. Fifteen cats—wow! I liked how the book delved into Tabby’s medical condition (Fibromyalgia). However, I feel the cover was somewhat misleading, as the romance in the book was secondary, and it didn't convey the Christmas vibe as much as the cover suggested. If you enjoy friends to lovers, workplace romance you may enjoy this book.
Synopsis: It had always been Tabby's dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in Whitsborough Bay couldn’t be a better place for pastry chef Tabby to open a cat café with her boyfriend, Leon. But when Leon leaves her in the lurch, the pressure mounts for Tabby. With Christmas fast approaching, she has to open the café on her own – a daunting prospect, especially when she's been hiding her health issues from the ones she loves. Faced with local resistance to the café – and somebody seemingly determined that she won’t succeed – Tabby will need her friends, family and cats more than ever to recover her broken Christmas spirit and pull together for a Christmas miracle. Will the cat café bring the festive joy to Castle Street as Tabby had hoped or will it be a cat-astrophe? And can the magic of Christmas on Castle Street mend Tabby's broken heart as well as her business?
Please check trigger warnings before reading this book.
★★★☆☆