Christmas at the Cat Cafe by Jessica Redland #Review

 A festive feelgood novel by Jessica Redland is always highly anticipated and I am delighted to be on the tour to celebrate Christmas at the Cat Cafe  was published on September 15th by Boldwood Books.

It's the most wonderful time of the year on Castle Street, and there's a paw-some new business opening....

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?

Escape with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland this Christmas for the purr-fect festive treat!

 My Thoughts

Set in Whitsborough Bay, this novel returns to Castle Street and gives us the opportunity to meet up again with some familiar characters. Tabby is hoping to fulfil her long standing dream and open a cat cafe. Cue a wide selection of cats and kittens who are at the centre of her life. If you are a cat lover, you will love being introduced to them all/ Tabby, however, has some issues in her personal life to get over and worse of all, suffers from Fibromyalagia which threatens to flare up at any given moment. 

    Tabby's family are important to her and together with the residents of Castle Street, show us how a community can rally round. There are some touching moments in the book, alongside the shenanigans of the cats. Tabby also has to sort out her feelings for Tom, who she has known since she was a child. Above all, she has to learn to admit when she needs help and accept support. I was quite surprised by the ending but in the end could see that it made sense for her. This is an uplifting story with some lovely festive touches. 

In short: the Castle Street community grows

About the Author

Jessica Redland writes emotional but uplifting stories of love, friendship, family and community. Her Whitsborough Bay books transport readers to the stunning North Yorkshire Coast where she lives with her husband, daughter and sprocker spaniel. Her Hedgehog Hollow series, set in a hedgehog rescue centre, takes readers into the beautiful rolling countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds.

 

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Thanks to Jessica Redland, Boldwood Books and Rachel of  Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.  

 

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