3.5 stars

Cats, coffee, and Christmas, what else can a girl ask for?

This story follows Kara, a veterinarian who recently opened the Furrever Cat Cafe and is struggling to make ends meet at the cafe. Then comes along Ben Reese who works for a marketing firm and comes up with a plan to save the cafe. However, he didn’t exactly give a good first impression on Kara (and he doesn’t like cats!!!)

Kara and Ben had okay chemistry. There wasn’t any “spark” and didn’t really keep my interest in their love story as much as I would have liked it too. Plus the characters both annoyed me in many ways - especially since they tended to overreact over the smallest situations. However, Kara did grow on me throughout the book.

Also, I had an issue with the underlying story of Kara’s conflict with her ex-boyfriend. It seemed like such a big component to the plot, however, the end left me saying “really, that’s it?” It was a little underwhelming with the resolution.

Overall, I feel like I would have enjoyed this one more if the romance was better developed and felt more believable.

I will say though that my favourite part of the book was that the chapters were prefaced with adoptable cat introductions with little drawings of cats!! Super adorable!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was a new author for me and I really enjoyed this fun Christmas romance! Kara and Ben are such a cute couple! Kara was recently broken hearted from a fiancé who embezzled charity funds. She and her bestie team up to open a cafe, where you can also adopt cat! So fun! Ben has amazing marketing skills but he’s the brooding type. He’s emotionally unavailable since his brother took his finance! Ben also has a lot of ideas that can help people’s businesses! So when the cafe is struggling, Ben helps Kara. These two have good chemistry, pasts, and issues to work through! I enjoyed the slow burn feels between them and how both are given a second chance at love!! Such a heartwarming fun read!

3.25/5 ⭐⭐⭐

Calling all romance-reading cat people: this book is for you! A cute and cozy small-town holiday romance plucked straight from the Hallmark channel, this story features a sortof grumpy/sunshine-enemies to lovers/friends to lovers mashup, where we get to see our romantic leads and their best friends team up to save a dying business and move past their past relationships to find love again at Christmas time.
The story features Kara, who’s running away from an ex-fiancé who embroiled her in scandal when he deceived her by embezzling money from her non-profit on her work laptop, leaving her jobless and broke. Together with her best friend, Charity, she opens a cat café in a small town where she can lay low. But they are struggling to make ends meet when Ben enters her life. A skeptic of pets and small town life, he too is running away. He’s been avoiding his family since his brother announced his engagement to Ben’s ex-fiancée. Ben has the marketing skills to help Kara save her business (and her reputation!), while there’s something about Kara that makes Ben want to trust again.

This story is a classic Christmas romance with the charm of a holiday favorite, and the added bonus of lots of furry friend characters to love! Where it stumbled a bit for me was in the dialogue. While I really enjoyed the plot (even the tropes were delightful!), the way the characters spoke and interacted felt really choppy. I noticed this from the very first conversation between the leads and it never really got better for me. The prose surrounding was really nice, but when it came to characters talking to each other, it often felt info-dump-y, and like people in real life wouldn’t speak to each other this way. It also failed to built the right cadence in the really critical scenes, like the love confession(s), third act breakup, etc. It made those pivotal moments fall a little flat, and took away from my overall enjoyment of the story.

That being said, the plot was really cute, the side characters were fun, and the cats were for sure the best part! I loved the little cat captions to start each chapter, and the illustrations were a nice touch. Overall, I was rooting for Ben and Kara, and I liked their happily ever after. The writing was a little awkward, but it was a great read for a cozy afternoon with a cup of coffee and a cat on your lap! Pick this one up this holiday season if you need a little escape from the hustle and bustle. Thanks to NetGalley for providing the ARC in exchange for this review!

This. Was. Adorable.

My original interest in this book went something like this: New holiday book? YES. Cafe, as in coffee? YES. Cats? HECK YES.

I wasn't sure what to expect since I often question my own taste with regard to reading preferences, well ... among other things. I've concluded (and even QA'd my conclusion) that this was "the cat's pajama's" of holiday reads, if you will.

The characters are thoroughly developed, the story is unique but not too "out there" and the cat element tugged at my animal lovin' heartstrings. It's been said before, but it is 100% true for A Cat Cafe Christmas that if you love Hallmark holiday movies, this book is for you.

Not a "cat book person"? It's ok ... maybe this cat book will wind up calling YOU its person anyway. <3

Veterinarian and part owner of Meow and Furrever Cat Café Kara Ingalls must team up with marketing genius Ben Reese to help save the café before Christmas. There’s mutual attraction but neither is willing to take any chances ruining their professional business endeavor or risking another heart break. As both work together slowly putting differences aside, they might just find themselves seeing they are purr-fect for each other.

Super cute Hallmark feeling Christmas romcom with no spice, just sweet! The fact that Kara and Ben had to come together over cats during Christmas time filled my cat loving heart with joy. I loved that the chapters had descriptions of the cats for adoption. I think any animal and Christmas lover will really enjoy this one.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever for the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I ADORED this book so much! It was the perfect amount of cute and romantic. Kara and Ben were perfect and relatable which made the book even better. I loved that Kara was socially awkward and really was relatable. The addition of the cute cats was awesome! This book was so wonder and I devoured it because it was so fun!

An enemies-to-lovers romance, where opposites attract. The combination of cats, Christmas, and romance could not have kept me from picking up this book. A lot of my enjoyment came from Meow and Furrever Cat Cafe's setting. My favorite part of Kari's character was how she cared for the cats at the cafe. As a result, I became even more enamored with this book. A heartwarming romance between Kari and Ben, coupled with their struggles, made the book so enjoyable.

Thank you Forever and Netgalley for the ARC of this book. This was an honest review.

I try not to DNF a book unless I get to at least 35% but I just could not take one more page of A CAT CAFE CHRISTMAS.

I truly, madly, deeply, hate it when romances with plus size heroines have a leading man who has to repeatedly explain to the reader how he could possibly find the heroine attractive. This book did it over and over again in just the first few chapters.

I also just could not handle the heroine. Not only is she pretty rude and short with whomever she comes in contact with, but she is supposed to be a veterinarian working in a no-kill animal shelter and she is a dick to people who are unable to adopt pets.

The hero is renovating a home and finds a kitten trapped in the vents. Despite the fact that he does not want a cat, he has never owned a cat, and his house is literally unsafe for a cat, the heroine tells him he's a selfish bastard and guilts him into taking home the kitten. In reality, an animal shelter owner would never want an animal to go to a home where it wasn't wanted. NEVER.

I DNFed at 18%.

I didn't find anything particularly original or compelling here, and I did think the two love interests were a bit grating - but there's nothing to not recommend here, and it's of course very good for someone looking for a sweeter romance or one involving pets.

Cats and Christmas
Two of my favorite things
This was an easy to read rom-com and I loved every minute of it.

A Cat Cafe Christmas by @authorcodihallgary is much more than just a cutesy, kitty story!

This is a meet cute, opposites attract, grumpy, rom com filled with adorable cats, each with their own bio!

After Kara’s ex destroyed her life and previous career she teams up with her BFF, Charity, to open a shop where you can have a good cup of coffee, taste the best baked goods in town, snuggle with and even adopt one of many homeless cats! However, the cafe is struggling and they’ve already spent all their money.

Enter Ben, a brooding, grumpy, heartbroken man who happens to be a marketing genius.

Can Kara, a successful past veterinarian with ADHD, and Ben, with his emotional baggage and dislike of all animals, come together to save the cafe?

As soon as I started this book, I was hooked.

Read if you love:

✨opposites attract
✨small town charm
✨friendship stories
✨ADHD representation
✨2 grumpy MCs
✨new beginnings
✨dual POVs

This is a sweet romance with zero smut. Kara runs a cat cafe that gets homes for stray cats, and is trying to raise enough money to open a low cost vet clinic. Enter Ben, not an animal lover, who finds a cat in his house and has to keep him awhile.
He and Kara have instant sparks, not necessarily the good kind. But as they spend more time together, and Ben uses his marketing expertise to help the Cat Cafe, they get closer and closer. As Christmas approaches, they hit a big snag.
If you’re looking for a cute, clean romance this book is for you! 3 stars.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

Cute and cozy romcom. If you love cats, this is for you. Loved the pictures and short description of the cats throughout. It was light-hearted and fun. Loved the enemies to lovers trope.

A big thank you to NetGalley, Forever, and Codi Gary for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Review: This was such a fun, festive read! I really enjoyed reading about Kara and Ben, and their relationship was really nice. A perfectly festive book for the holiday season!

I received an ARC and e-ARC from publisher.

This was such a cute, cozy Christmas read. The story was so wholesome and I enjoyed seeing both the main characters heal from their past traumas, overcome their trust issues, and fall for one another.

Towards the end of the book, there were some frustrating miscommunication issues and the characters dragged out their reconciliation. The saving grace here was that it was a happy ending for everyone involved, including all of the cats!

I also enjoyed the short descriptions of the cats at the start of each chapter.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Cats, coffee and Christmas? Sign me up! This was a feel good holiday read, I really enjoyed it and would recommend it!

This book was the cutest. Being a cat lover myself, I found Ben to become more likable as the story went on. It doesn’t get better than this. Cats and Christmas go two and two. I loved the HEA ending. Perfect quick read for this holiday season.

A Cat Cafe Christmas is out now where books are sold. (Insert smile)

This was so cute! I especially recommend for cat lovers! I liked how Ben and Kara's relationship developed over the story, but the highlight of this book for me was 100% the cat café setting and all of the cute cats. The little cat ads at the beginning of each chapter were a nice touch that had me smiling.

Also a note- "Christmas" is in the title, but the content is fairly light on Christmas, so it definitely can be enjoyed at any time of year.

Content: closed door

This one was super cute! This follows Ben and Kara - two opposites that mesh well together. Ben is the organized and centered marketing guy who had his heart brutally broken by his fiancee and brother. Kara is the shy, but sassy veterinarian that owns a coffee shop and partial shelter and clinic for cats who had her heart destroyed by a conman.

Ben, not an animal person, finds a kitten in his house while renovating and fosters him while Kara tries to find a furever home for the little terror. And in return, Ben tries to help Kara and Charity (her business partner) with some marketing ideas to help their business succeed because they truly do so much for the animals.

This one literally had me swooning. Cats. Christmas. Closed door romance. This was just too cute, sweet, and genuine for words.

A Cat Cafe Christmas

If you love cats, romance and holiday season- this one is for you! The chapters were absolutely adorable with pictures of cats and a brief introduction of why you should adopt them. I was absolutely in love with the idea of this one. It was a light hearted romance, felt like a hallmark film. Wasn't fully invested in the romance but really enjoyed the fast read.

3 stars