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lunep's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Gaslighting and Abandonment
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
simpleexplorations's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Emotional abuse and Abandonment
imaginingly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kara had her life thrown into shambles by her ex-fiancé, making it difficult for her to open her heart to anyone.
ben cut off a part of his family due to what happened with his ex-wife, resulting in him moving across the country to start a new life.
we get their backstories from different sources such as themselves, friends, family, and social media (it is set in present day with mentions of tiktok, instagram, etc.).
throughout this book we learn about the struggles, the love, and the support that the café, cats within, and characters receive and how they overcome, cherish, and (somewhat) accept.
this book also shows us that it is okay to be in a “funk” and not know which direction your life is going, but also how to deal with your everyday responsibilities and learning how to accept that the past is, literally, the past.
i absolutely adored this book and it made me emotional several times (i even shed a few tears at the end).
there were no vulgar/swear words and only had one scene that could have been deemed as “spicy” but with no explicit details.
overall, i truly enjoyed the book, it is definitely young adult friendly, easy to read and understand, and i would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone looking for:
•a holiday book
•a romance story
•a book revolving around cats
•a quick, fun read
4 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Minor: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
oceanwriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Kara is struggling to get her cat rescue/clinic/cafe fully up and running. Thanks to an unexpected ad and contest in a magazine, Kara and Charity find a line outside the cafe one morning. While good for the bills, Kara worries that ghosts from her past will come back to haunt her with the sudden attention. At the same time, Ben enters his life, his colleague Schwartz the one responsible for the cat cafe's recent publicity. When a stray kitten brings him back to see Kara, the two slowly begin to realize they're drawn to one another despite their differences.
A Cat Cafe Christmas is sweet, funny, and charming. I laughed out loud multiple times which doesn't happen too often with books for me. And the cat illustrations and bios at the beginning of each chapter are so adorable. Kara's backstory added a good hint of emotion, as did Ben's, to an otherwise cozy story. Perfect for cat-lovers!
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Grief
emmas_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Abandonment
instalovewithbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
I listened to this through audiobook, due to me not being able to read books physically for some time. It's been difficult. But, the narrator at first rubbed me the wrong way with the MC's voices, but I got adjusted.
Overall, this story was good. There were some mishaps that I wasn't really enjoying, and it has fallen flat for me. But, the overarch of the story was good, and that was a good thing.
It was a fun Christmas story.
Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment