- MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW
This novel is very sweet bringing on some Christmas spirit throughout and wonderful to read even though it is emotional. Tabitha Walsh named Tabby is fond of cats and this Christmas season she is getting ready to open her brand new business venture - Castle Street Cat Cafe in Whitsborough Bay's Castle Street. For Tabby Life is better with baking and cats, if you are a feline lover you would come across many cats and their names in the novel. Tabby, who is 34 years old and diagnosed with Fibromyalgia is dreaming of achieving her work with cats one day. She has been an Ailurophile - a cat lover since she was seven. For Tabby cats are the most adorable and loving animals that are capable of bringing such great comfort to their owners. Tabby's grandmother had told her never to give up on her dream of a cat-based career. Tabby is also passionate about baking as she studied for a diploma in catering before securing an apprenticeship at the Ramparts Hotel, which is Whitsborough's only five-star hotel. Even though she stayed there as a pastry chef she never let go of her dream to work with cats and now she was 18 days away from opening her new cat cafe.
Before her grandmother died she left Tabby a sizeable inheritance to work with cats, her granny wanted her to open a cat cafe with this money. Out of all the cats and breeds named out there I adore Babushka and Marmalade the British red ginger shorthair cat the most. Things take a turn when Leon, Tabby's boyfriend breaks her heart by not keeping his promise to be there at the opening of the cat cafe. Leon and Tabby had met as instant friends at the Ramparts while working as chefs and bought a house at Drake Street. Tabby is left with tears and grief as lost her boyfriend, gave her home up, and could be about to lose her business before it ever opened. Will she could run the business without Leon? Will her broken heart find hope?
I could empathize with the author's intention to bring light to her characters. Even though Tabby goes through chronic pain from Fibromyalgia, Flare-ups, and frustrations of brain fog that causes forgetfulness she finds happiness in her supportive family and friends like her parents, friends - Alison, and Tom who are there to help her out in this situation.
An uplifting novel where there is hope and love, there is friendship, family, and community, and a climax that ends well. Thanks to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for an advance copy for my honest review.
- BOOK DESCRIPTION
- 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!
- Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd (15 September 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
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