This was such a cute one! Kitty is a cat whisperer which is such an interesting job and her bff Cat runs a cat cafe. I mean that sounds like high school bff's dreams right there.
Miles needs help with his mother's cat because she is ill and can no longer care for him. He's a bit of a grump and harbors lots of feelings because of his families losses so they start of on kind of the wrong foot.
After they get to know each other and find their commonalities with loss and life they get close.
I loved his rowdy hockey team that he ran stats for. The incident about social media and how positive but then immediately vicious it can be when taken out of context is an important topic. It can ruin lives and careers just for some likes.
Enjoyed this cute grumpy sunshine, pet friendly, hockey adjacent rom com.

Thank you readforeverpub for the e-ARC for my honest and voluntary review.

Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy of A Love Catastrophy by Helena Hunting.

Unfortunately this book wasn't for me. The main character was so awkward and immature and I'm an animal person who grew up with cats and all of the cat puns were just too much. I think it was meant to be quirky but it crossed that line.

Helena Hunting writes some of the absolute funniest books. I love how she brings her characters to life through humor.

This book follows Miles and Kitty. Kitty is a cat sitter. There is a lot of cat content. And for my friends who are NOT fans of the 3rd Act Break up, you’re in luck! This one doesn’t have one. 💋

This is CATegorically the most hilarious romcom I’ve read this year. This is the quintessential Helena Hunting I’ve come to know and love, and Kitty Hart, the Kitty Whisperer, and Miles Thorn will always own real estate in my heart.

Miles has his hands full with both his job with the NFL as a date analyst and his mother's declining health. With Mom in the hospital, Miles needs someone to look after his mother's beloved cat, Prince Francis. Enter Kitty Hart, Kitty Whisperer and beloved internet personality.

What follows is one hilarious CATastrophe after another, with a side of cat-blocked romance and love. There's never a dull moment here, and I sped my way through this one in one evening. And as gut-busting hilarious as this story is, it's also full of heat, sentiment and heart. I have no doubt this will be your top romcom of the year, so start reading it ASAP.

Helena Hunting does it again!! This book has all the things I love about her books. It is lighthearted, has fantastic banter, great chemistry, and all the good humor! I loved Kitty and Miles! They were so fun. This was overall such an adorable book that I highly recommend!!

This is a fantastic read. Helena Huntings banter and knack for realistic but ridiculous events are expertly threaded into this story. Although at first Miles comes off as a jerk, it didn't take long to fall in line with him and the romance of Mike and Kitty.

I just finished A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting @helenahunting and here is my review.

Kitty has a potential new client for her cat sitting business. A business she built from the group up and her instagram is blowing up with her kitty whispering ways.

After an awkward first meet, Kitty learns that Miles isn’t a fan of his mothers cat and the cat… not a fan of his either. His mother is in the hospital and may not be coming home.

Even with all the stresses in their lives, they find themselves looking forward to seeing each other and as the sparks and cat hair flies and they grow closer and closer, Kitty finds herself wanting things she never thought she would ever want but after an encounter at the park goes viral on social media, it has Kitty retreating back inside her shell and all her plans sliding away.

Anyone who knows me knows I love cutesy romance reads. This one was super cute! I love when they make the women realistic and raw. It makes it easier to connect to them then. There was a lot of humor in this book and the banter between Kitty and Miles is very entertaining.

I love the fact that Kitty has a bit of a social media following and it highlights some of the negative things that can impact your life based on what people post. The plot was fluid and very easy to follow. It is written in the POV of both Kitty and Miles which gives a more balanced read.

I’m not a massive fan of cats, (I’m a dog person like Miles) but at the end of the book I couldn’t help feeling kind of fond of cats. I loved the development of Kitty and the journey she was on was a joy to experience. I thought Miles could have been a bit more rounded but honestly the whole book was so much fun, I read it in one sitting. I always enjoy books set in Canada so if you love romance and have a soft spot for felines, this has to be your next read.

4.5 stars! Thank you @netgalley and @grandcentralpub for my gifted copy

This book was cute. I liked the character growth that we got to see in Kitty throughout the story. The romance we got to watch build between Miles and Kitty was sweet! However, I did find the fact that they were interested in one another as quickly as they were a little unbelievable. But, otherwise they were a cute couple. I loved how Miles supported Kitty after the “incident,” it made me smile.

The cat puns were a little out of hand and also, why was the word orgasam used SO OFTEN in the latter half of the book. It gave me the ick each time the word was mentioned. Not a fan of that.

I really liked the way we got to see what Kitty did with her job and even Miles’ job with the NHL was pretty interesting to read about! I really loved all of the different cats we got to read about. Bumbles is 100% my favorite of the bunch.

Overall, it was a cute romance but I just couldn’t connect with the story too much, which lowered my rating.

🤍 Thank you so much to the publisher @readforeverpub & @netgalley for this advanced reader copy!

⚠️TW: death of parent, child death, dementia, grief, child abuse, car accident

Kitty and Miles took me on an emotional yet fun and quirky journey. For Miles, he’s realizing his mother is in need of more medical help due to dementia. While he’s trying to handle a new job and her being in the hospital, he needs someone to take care of her cat. Enter Kitty, who is passionate about cats and started a cat sitting business to assist. When they first meet, well, Miles doesn’t make the best first impression but he does care about his mom’s house and making sure the cat she loves is looked after. As Kitty begins visiting Prince Francis, she focuses on the cat’s bad behaviors as she gets the cat back on a regular routine. She finds herself wanting to help Miles more at the house as he faces the task of clearing out his mother’s things in preparation of her moving to assisted living. This let’s them get to know each other and realize they may have more in common than they originally thought. Is love far behind? There are new challenges along the way as Kitty’s business starts to grow rapidly following some high profile connections which also comes with harsh criticism. I enjoyed all the puns and crazy moments that made me laugh and cringe at times while giving me a great escape. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.

It is a very cat centric plot, which I wasn’t expecting. Looking at the title again I missed the CATastrophe line. My first Helena Hunting book, this one had an enjoyable plot filled with cats and cat puns. The MCs were fun to get to know.

I love Helena Hunting - a fantastic Canadian author who writes great Rom Coms, usually hockey related! This one is not a hockey player, but Miles does work for the Toronto NHL hockey team (NOT called the Maple Leafs in the book). He watches the team play and can figure out how they would be able to improve plays and lines using math and stats and other great things like that.

Kitty Hart is a cat lover, and has turned her love and ability to train them into a career cat-sitting and training - The Kitty Whisperer, well known online. She knows now, after picking the company name and getting a big online following, that it's a double entendre... and gets a lot of dirty DMs from that. Miles reaches out to Kitty to help with his mother's gorgeous Sphynx cat when she's having memory issues and needs to spend some time in a hospital. The two definitely don't hit it off and have a terrible meet-cute - though after he ends up with a scary incident himself, they thaw towards each other and their little sort of enemies to lovers relationship turns around.

I really enjoyed this story - it was cute and sweet, without a lot of angst. A lot of fun and great for animal lovers! I always enjoy Canadian authors writing their books set in Canada (Toronto and a suburb), and especially including our national love, Hockey. The only mistake I noticed is when Helena mentioned something about the legal age in the whole country except Quebec being 19 - not true! It's 18 here in Alberta too.

I really enjoyed this - a very solid 4-star read, and can highly recommend it to everyone, especially those looking for a great, low-angst, rom com that love cats who steal the whole storyline!

I received an advance review copy from NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing), and this is my honest opinion.

A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting
Publication Date: June 13, 2023

Is this book for real? Are we being trolled? I can’t decide if this was either a really deep critique on romance novels that I’m too simple to get or something that I would expect to see as a skit on SNL. The book follows Kitty, the Kitty Whisperer. Kitty’s best friend is Kat (KITTY KAT!!). Kat owns a cat café. There are detailed descriptions about cats down to ball-licking and litter box mechanics. There are numerous scenarios involving cats, including the attempt at bedroom scenes. The main conflict is that her love interest is a dog person.

The first half is more cat centric than the first. Well it's either that or I was just resound to my fate and went with it.

The entire thing just felt weird and juvenile and like its entire purpose was to see how far it could push its readers. For me that was the use of the term “bingo button” to describe her anatomy during a spicy scene. Bingo button?!?! The book tries to add some serious layers in the form of parental illness, past parental death and grief but it just didn’t jive together.

A review copy was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I was not sure what to expect with this book. I was pleasantly surprised by the humor. Miles and Kitty sure hit it off with a bang! Life changing update on his mother's health, Miles needed someone to look after her crazy cat. Bring in the Kitty Whisperer, and you have a connection he never knew he was looking for. Kitty, still dealing with some issues with her dads death, tying to be who she thinks her mom and sister need, is not really looking out for herself. This book was a fun read, a great add to your summer reading list. There is humor, love, unpacking of life.

A very enjoyable read. Miles and Kitty both carry guilt of something that happened in their pasts. Together they overcome their guilt. They help each other come to terms with what happened.
I loved how helpful Kitty was with the care of his mom and Prince Francis. Her gentle soul is what made her such a special person along with her love of animals.
The support they offered each other is what made their relationship go from friends to a couple to eventually a forever neither one was looking for. Their story was fun, sweet, and at times hot.
I may not be a cat person but I truly enjoyed this story.

Cute story, a little bit of a silly concept but it was adorable and kept my interest! I enjoyed the characters and the quirkiness of the story. This would defintiely be a good, light-hearted beach read.

This was cute, quirky read! I enjoyed it a lot but not QUITE as much as I wanted to 💗😺

Kitty is a social media influencer whom owns her own business, The Kitty Whisperer, where she takings care of and loves on other people’s cats. Miles is a NHL data analysis and finds himself needing a cat sitter while his mom is temporarily at the hospital. After an awkward, and slightly embarrassing meet cute, and arranging for Kitty to tend to Prince Francis, they come to find out that Mile’s mother’s onset of dementia is more progressed than previously known. Prince Francis’ temporary care taker ends up spending more time with him than was planned, leading to Miles and Kitty becoming more acquainted.

I want to say that this was super cute! There were parts where I was laughing out loud and swooning over Miles being so sweet and understanding. And then there were moments, learning about both Kitty and Miles’ losses, where I was struggling with my emotions. And although I am a huge fan of cats, sometimes the cat puns and cat accessories, clothing, etc. felt like a little much 😅 Her name is Kitty, her friends name is Kat, they both run cat businesses, Kitty’s clothes and underwear have cats on them, her car has a cat on it, and her purse.. I also felt like the spice that was provided was more on the level of teenagers- not knowing what to do and being extremely awkward- instead of two adults in their mid-twenties. Kitty was adorable and quirky which I love and can relate to, but I felt like her awkwardness was… a bit much? I’m not sure. She was still super cute! I also loved that after everything she’d faced with her social media mishap she was able to grow her business and gain more opportunities!

Overall it was a nice, fun read and I enjoyed it! Thank you for allowing me to read and review!

Hmmm. I'm not quite sure what this book wanted to be. It's quirky and sweet and reads like a rom-com. But then out of the blue, we get very serious topics that gave me a bit of whiplash tbh. And it's not as if I didn't like the two main characters, Miles and Kitty, I did. But sometimes their socially awkward ways combined with the heavy issues that plagued them both were just too much for me.

I get where Helena Hunting was coming from as she uses plenty of cat and kitty euphemisms to tell the story of hard-working Kitty Hart and the following she has on social media as a feline whisperer of sorts. Kitty is portrayed as a champion of the 4-legged creature and a staunch supporter of her mom and sister throughout the years. But sometimes her actions and comments felt a bit too immature. Now, I understand that since she is so dedicated to both her profession and her family that her own needs came last but her silly ways kind of got old for me.

Miles is her perfect match, however, as he also has to deal with difficult family matters, as well as having a harder time than most being with the opposite sex. Hunting combines sexy times with lighter scenes and for the most part, they are somewhat charming. But again, the crazy that seemed to follow Kitty, in particular, just got to be too much for this reader. Only a guy like Miles, who clearly finds Kitty endearing and wildly compassionate, could handle all of her crazy.

This is my second attempt at a book from this author and I'm calling it now: she's just not the writer for me. I'm sure her fans, however, will devour this latest from her and enjoy every word of this interesting story.

2.5 stars.

Two things I absolutely adore in life are cats and Helena Hunting books. Cat sitter, Kitty Hart meets Miles when he needs her to help him with his mom’s cat while she’s in the hospital. These two characters are definitely opposites, which makes this novel that much more fun. It had humor, heart squeezing emotion, and great quirky characters. This book was well written with all the good conflict to keep me reading. Huge thanks to Forever and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

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A Love Catastrophe
By: Helena Hunting
Pub Date: 6/13/23
Forever Grand Central Publishing

I’ve tried to stay away from this hockey romance trend but this one slipped in and man it doesn’t disappoint. Several times it’s laugh at loud funny and was such a cute story!

Kitty Hart runs a cat sitting and training business that she has been cultivating for a couple of years. When a cat hating hockey stats guy Miles Thorn hires her to take care of his moms sphinx cat Prince Francis.
Unfortunately things get off to a rocky start with these two. Miles is really going thru it his mom has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, he’s struggling with taking care of her, her home and his new job.
As they work out the kinks with one very angry cat whose literally destroying all of his mom nicknacks in an effort to let everyone know how angry he is. Their relationship begins to change. The awkward situation they both get in are not only comical but ripe with second hand embarrassment. Helena’s epilogue are always a favorite of mine they are excellent at tying things in to a neat now.
I have a feeling there’s going to be another book coming in this series and I’m really looking forward to it.

Cute romcom by Helena Hunting. I fell in love with hockey romances due to this author and the minute I read the description to this book, I felt like it was an easy request for me. Loved everything about this story and it was an easy one for me to read overall.

This is an east, drama free romance and if that’s what you’re after, this won’t disappoint.