This was the sweetest love story! Literally a hallmark movie in the making, Kitty and Miles are two of the most dynamic and interesting characters I’ve encountered in quite a while! I love how awkward they are with each other, it felt so relatable. For them to have come together through family pets was just such a cozy addition to their story- definitely a fun read!

Thank you, NetGalley for the ARC! This was a warm, sweet HEA. I loved the characters, especially Prince Francis. I will say the only thing that bothered me was calling eggs Benedict “eggs Benny”…. Oy, no thank you. Overall, another sweet and easy read for cat lovers 🤗

Kitty and Miles are the perfect cute couple and also the opposite of each other! She is light, optimist and a cat person, he is stressed, the glass is half empty and a dog lover!

This story is heartwarming and sweet, not going to lie this is cheese and full of cat puns and I loved it!

Perfect book for when you want to lift you spirit, laugh a little and get some comfort!

I am a fan of Helena Hunting. This book has a great combination of tropes, including a disastrous meet-cute, opposites attract, sunshine meets the grump, and friends to lovers. A little something for everyone in a sweet simple story. The characters were both affected by loss, guilt and just the ways it changes your life and choices. Story was well told and characters lovable and relatable.

If Helen Hunting is going to write it I am going to read it.

This story hit hard. As someone who watched a love one live with dementia the characters in this story really hit home for me and I found myself having to stop and just take a break because it was so relatable.

That being said it was a super cute story and I loved every second of it. and I Highly recommend it

The fur is about to fly between a cheerful cat sitter and a grumpy hockey nerd in this hilarious and charming rom-com by the New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute.

Kitty Hart has become internet famous as the Kitty Whisperer for her expertise on all things feline, and as a result, her cat-sitting business is booming. But lately, she has a terrible feeling that maybe her life isn’t quite going where it’s supposed to—especially after falling face-first into her newest client. Not exactly the best first impression.

Fortunately, Miles Thorn is just as bad at first impressions. Strike one: he doesn’t like cats, especially Prince Francis, the haughty and mischievous Sphynx his mom left in his care. Strike two: tackling Kitty to the floor in a misguided attempt to save the pet he continually calls “the gremlin.”

As awkwardness slides into attraction and things start to turn purr-sonal, will these two complete opposites ever be able to find their furry-tail ending?

I love a cute meet story. I really enjoyed the story. Could connect with the characters. Will recommend to others.

This is a cute love story!! I really enjoyed this book. Thanks NetGalley and Publishers for allowing me to read!!

I wanted to love this book more but it was so hard for me to do. It was a struggle for me to finish but I did get it finished.

This was a cute slow read with a slow build up between the characters. Kitty, the Kitty Whisperer is hired to take care of Miles' mother's cat. Miles, a self proclaimed dog person needs someone to care for his mother's cat while he searches for a long term care facility for her. What neither character expected was to be attracted to one another and experience the jumble of follies that occur to them.

While this is a love story, this is also a story of healing where both Miles and Kitty work through their feelings of guilt over the loss of loved ones. They also come to realizations that they need to move on from the past and help their other loved ones that seem stuck in the past as well. On top of working through his loss, Miles must also face the issues with memory that his mother is experiencing.

While this was a well written story that had its funny moments, it was really slow moving with a lot of details between the characters that could have been left out. If you are in the mood for a slow burn read with lots of emotional topics then this is the book for you Me on the other hand not so much.

I have read a few books by this author that were very good so I was excited to start this one. I am NOT a fan of cats and at first I thought that all the cat-talk and puns would turn me off the story, but I must say it was a very good read. I loved the meet-cute between the characters and how the relationship developed. The characters were experiencing some very real life issues and the author dealt with them so well in the story. I love a solid happy ending with a bow tied around everything and I was not disappointed with this book. Another great story from this author.

Loved this book! It was cute, funny and just plain good hearted. I received an advanced reader copy of this book to leave an honest review and can say I would definitely recommend. I have read many of Helena Hunting's works and love her writing style and humor. Plus there is a hairless cat and a Great Dane which just adds to the humor of the story. But there is still some deep emotions that the main characters have to come to terms with that gives the book some great substance.

So this book follows Kitty, a cat sitter/business owner, and Miles, a statistician for the NHL who needs a cat sitter for his mom's cat. When he meets with Kitty for an initial interview, it definitely doesn't go well. Kitty basically faceplants right into Miles and he ends up tackling her in another misunderstanding. So definitely no love at first sight for these two. As more meetings happen between the two, they start finding out they have more in common than they thought. Kitty still lives at home with her mom and sister and basically hasn't made any major changes since her father died unexpectedly. Miles is now dealing with losing his mother to dementia when their relationship is already rocky from his parents divorce and other family trauma. So Miles and Kitty are really learning and relating to each other but there are so many hilarious moments between them that you just can't help but laugh out loud. Add in a giant Great Dane that thinks it's a lap dog and a hairless cat that rules pretty much everything and you have a great story.

Overall definitely recommend if you like just a fun romantic read. Obviously there is still some very heated scenes between the two but it flows well.

Helena Hunting is one of my favorite authors so I always love getting to read what's new from her.

Let me start by saying this book is all about cats. Like, there is a lot of cat talk. Kitty (yes, that is her name) is a cat sitter and trainer with a social media presence wherein she shares cat tips and tricks. She meets Miles when he needs help caring for his ailing mother's cat, Pope Francis. While Kitty and Miles' initial meeting does not go as planned, as they spend more time together taking care of Pope Francis they start to realize there is an attraction between then that cannot be denied.

This story is a great exploration of the caretaking role adult children often take on as their parents age and become unable to care for themselves. I loved Miles as a character and thought his growth through this story was really great. Kitty was at times a little much for me. The cat stuff tended to take over the story but overall the relationship between Miles and Kitty was sweet and kept me turning the pages.

There is no third act break up in this one which I really loved.

As a whole this is a fun read and a good one to curl up with your cat and enjoy.

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for an EARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely hate DNF'ing or post a negative review on ARC's but here we are, I gave this book a fair try as I read up to 60% as I really really wanted to love it but it simply isn't for me. While the book is simple and easy to read, it failed to grasp my interest, the plot has an emotional side track along with the romance but the swapping between both aspects wasn't smooth for me personally because every time I moved from a romantic scenes to heavier aspects of the plot I got a whiplash as if I were reading two different books

The romance between the main leads felt quite forced and cringey at times, the character development wasn't satisfying either.The FMC is supposed to be a quirky cat lover which would have been totally fine but the excessive use of cat puns was a bit silly to me and were distracting when there was a conversation going on between two characters. I really enjoyed the author's other book Meet Cute but unfortunately this one is a miss for me. Thanks to Netgalley for my digital galley!

Cute but also cringey. Prince Francis was my favorite character. The romance seemed a little forced, but the cats made me laugh a lot. Not my favorite romance but I'll continue to pick up Helena Hunting's books.

⭐⭐⭐ - A soft romance with no major upsets and a side of serotonin-inducing sweet moments with furry friends.

I wanted to love A Love Catastrophe so much more than I did. It's an easy read, the characters are simple people just trying to live their lives... but somehow, I just never connect when characters are social media influencers?

Kitty's cat-loving social media sphere is probably one of the better ones that I've read about - who doesn't love serotonin-inducing clips of fuzzy cats and their toe beans? The premise of the story is just kind of a regular everyday story though.. just a normal world occurrence.. two people meet... an outside misunderstanding occurs that really doesn't affect the couple's relationship at all and they grow and move into a happy-ever-after ending.

When I'm reading romances.. I typically want more on the line and more that couples really half to work through to make the stories memorable!

A Love Catastrophe is a cute rom com featuring Kitty and Miles as they enter each other's lives at the perfect time. Kitty is a quirky professional catsitter whom Miles, a nerdy NHL data analyist enlists to help take care of his mothers cat, Prince Francis. Miles and Kitty build a relationship outside of the professional cat sitter and client world, and find although Miles is a dog lover, they truly mean alot to each other.

As a cat lover, I really enjoyed this feline infused read and all the way through was left with a smile on my face. I would recommend this book to anyone else who also loves cats and a cute grumpy sunshine love story.

4.5 stars rounded up. This book was laugh-out-loud hilarious and heartfelt at the same time. As a former dog-sitter, I can confirm that Kitty’s misadventures are very realistic, haha.

Semi-spoiler alert: I really liked that the drama at the end was focused more on Kitty’s career and not on any relationship drama between her and Miles. That was refreshing. However, it did feel like the last couple chapters went on a bit too much and the ending lost steam. The epilogue was perfection, though!

Catastrophe is an appropriate title.

As a cat and hockey lover, the description had me intrigued. I was, unfortunately, very disappointed. The cat puns are overdone, the leads have no chemistry (trauma bonding does not a love connection make), and the story itself is so bland. Also, the attempts at “spicy” scenes were cringe inducing.

ARC provided by NetGalley.

This was a cute story! I’m usually a thriller reader, but every now and then I like to quirky romance to break it up. This was also funny and made me laugh. This was a fun read!

A #pawsative read for all #animallovers #romcom fans and #beachreads @helenahunting does not disappoint! @grandcentralpub @netgalley

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Review:

Newly hired NHL team analyst, Miles Thorn, finds himself in a pickle when his mother is hospitalized leaving behind her beloved feline companion, Prince Francis. Being a dog lover, he hasn’t the foggiest of ideas of where to start. Insert Kitty Hart of “The Kitty Whisperer” cat care services. Kitty is the equivalent to sunshine in human form and is ready to jump in and help whenever needed. While Miles maintains a grouch-o personality towards felines and Kitty continually experiences Freudian Slips, chemistry blooms between them. Because nothing is purrffect, both Miles and Kitty have familial experiences which haunt them daily making it difficult to determine whether they can allow the past to dictate their future.

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This read brought me so much joy! I legitimately LOL’d so many times (which is difficult when you are reading while your baby naps/sleeps!!!)

The instant chemistry between Miles and Kitty is so magnetic as a reader. I found myself rooting for them throughout the book!

I also loved the combination of comedy, romance, tragedy and resolution. Sometimes tragedy can wear a reader down and I feel like in this read, it was addressed perfectly. You knew the tragedy was there and felt the burden the characters carried yet the balance of comedy kept the reading very light and balanced. I felt as though the author respected the pain the characters were experiencing and what caused said pain. Honestly, she tied the tragedies both these characters experienced together so well! I also loved the supporting characters! Everyone was so positive and supportive that you didn’t find yourself grinding your teeth wondering if this was going to be a “bully situation.” In addition, if you are anything like me, a hardcore animal lover, books with animals make me anxious that one of them will be lost, hurt, etc. you find yourself hesitant to read, this was not one of those!

While this was more on the cheesier spectrum of rom com reads, I highly recommend it to others (especially animal lovers!!!)

This is adorable delightful. Kinda cheesy with the whole cat whisperer thing going on but the depth of the characters and what led them down their current paths is precious and adorable.