This is a cute romcom with likable characters and a fun premise. I found it entertaining and a quick fun book that I would recommend.

Kates writing is hard to get through. It's choppy and stilted and I have a hard time staying in the story. Cute premise but a lot of hard work to get through the writing. :(

Book wasn't meant for me. Hopefully someone will enjoy it more than me. I will look into renting it in the future

this was a really cute romcom, it gave me a lot of my favorite tropes but the characters also somehow just fell a little short for me. I enjoyed it more than i thought i would but i wished it gave me a bit more. I am a huge fan of the best friends brother trope and i kind of held onto that while reading this

I loved this so much! This was a fun romance between a woman with bad dating experience and her best friend's brother.
Paige works at a cat cafe and runs into Josh and their connection is instantaneous — until the morning after when Paige sees pictures of Josh with Lauren, her best friend. Scared that a relationship with Josh would damage her friendship with Lauren, Paige tries ignoring her attraction to Josh but the more time they spend together the deeper their feelings will grow.
I loved the characters and I really understood the feelings and worries of both Josh and Paige. I also love the setting of a cat cafe! This was a beautiful rom-com that I highly recommend.

they had me at cat. i am a total cat fan and this book was good. I liked all of it. Enjoyed this read and will find more from this author. yeah.

I wanted to enjoy this book, I really did. But to me it just like it lacked the plot to keep me intrigued. It took me a while to even get through 40% of the book. It was hard to connect with the characters and feel any sort of dimension from them. Had higher expectations based on the cover :/

Thank you for sending this to me! Will submit my review on Goodreads once the paperback has come in. Originally wasn't able to submit here so am going to reread resubmit my review :) I really loved the book concept and cover is very appealing, will go nicely on my shelf display! Tossing up between 4 or 5 stars

This one was super cute! I picked it up solely because it had a cat on the cover, and I wasn't disappointed. (Although I was slightly disappointed by the amount of cat content...) But other than that, this was great! The main romance was adorable, the cat Cafe was even cuter, and the plot never got old. I'd definitely recommend it to both cat people and romance lovers!

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

It was quite boring, not gonna lie. But i love cats and cafes and especially cats in cafes so i guess that's a plus. I'm not a big fan of the brother's best friend trope and i don't take it seriously as a "forbidden" romance, but this one was really cute. Overall, an okay book, not bad but definitely not my favorite either.

A fun and quick read for lovers of quirky romances and cats as characters. I especially loved the cat café and all of its four-legged residents.

This book started off great for me. I loved how Paige and Josh met. The spark between them was apparent right away. However, by the second half of the book Paige started to get on my nerves and I couldn't relate to her motives at all. The ending nicely wrapped up the book.

Honestly, I really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately it didn’t really capture my attention. I couldn’t connect with the characters. The writing style didn’t work for me. The cats were really cute, but other than that, I didn’t fall in love with this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

What The Cat Dragged In is the second book in the Whitman Street Cat Cafe' series. I had read the first one Like Cats And Dogs last summer and while I had mixed feelings about the main characters of that story, I had enjoyed the community that was formed. So when I saw the second book on Netgalley and saw that it was a best friend/brother/forbidden romance troupe I knew I had to give it a chance. Plus I really wanted to revisit the cat café again.

Paige Danvers is the event coordinator at the café. She is also a single woman trying to find love in Brooklyn. After multiple failed dates selected via dating apps, she is encouraged to find a distraction and decides to volunteer with a local cat rescue that traps feral cats. At the same time, Josh Harlow is a new lawyer in Manhattan and has been required to do volunteer work. He winds up at the same rescue program as Paige and there is immediate chemistry between them. They continue to spend time together after the program and everything is going really well...until the following morning when Paige discovers Josh is actually her boss Lauren's younger brother.

I was hooked on Paige and Josh from their first meeting. These two are cute together and they have chemistry. Of course, I knew the connection before they did and laughed on how everything was revealed. Paige is so dedicated to her job and her friendship with Lauren that she is willing to give up her happiness for it. Josh is also dedicated to his job and as a first year lawyer there is alot thrown at him. These factors play a role in rather or not Paige and Josh want to pursue a relationship. It also adds to the tension component when they start dating in secret even in front of Lauren. Paige and Josh are so sweet together and I enjoyed watching their relationship blossom.

What I did not enjoy was the drama. My main issue with the first book was the immaturity and the drama. And just like in the first book the majority of the drama comes from Lauren. How Lauren will react? How Lauren will feel? How will this effect their relationship with her? Forget the emotions of Paige and Josh - you know the actual people in this relationship. Paige would rather be miserable than step up to her friend and be her own person. I mean thankfully she does figure all this out and so does Josh which helps move the story along. It's just the drama was overdone and not needed.

What The Cat Dragged In returned me to a cute little cat café within a strongly formed community. It also allowed me to see Brooklyn through the eyes of the characters which was fun. I do wish there had been more focus on the relationship and less on the drama though. Regardless I will be back to visit the café again when the next story comes out.

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC for an exchange of an honest review.

What a fun read. Definitely recommend it.

I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the audio version. Hmm I just couldn't get into this book. I found the main female character just very very immature. She is suppose to be almost 30 and her thinking process and decisions make her act like she is 19. To me this book just threw "Woke" in your face and it just got to the point to where it was just obnoxious.

I am a sucker for cats in a book cover which is why I requested for this. I was instantly drawn to the concept of the cat cafe but the love story isn’t for me.

This story follows Paige, who has been unlucky in love with her Tinder dates and Josh, who is recovering from a heart break by keeping busy as a first year associate in a law firm. Both of them met while volunteering at a local feral cat centre and they hit it off! All seems to be working for Paige until she realised Josh is her best friend, Lauren’s, brother. Lauren is also her boss at the cat cafe. She worries about her friendship and job as she navigates her feelings for Josh. She needs to figure out if Josh is really worth the risk.

I definitely love the cat cafe and I love how each of the cats have a very posh names! The way Paige and Josh met in the beginning were really cute and I loved how they progressed on naturally. What I didn’t like was how Paige kept finding reasons to not be in a relationship with Josh despite the circumstances. She is also quick to deduce that Lauren has to choose sides and would definitely not side with her and she spiralled on into how she would lose her best friend and her job. What are we, back in high school? She was basically just waiting for Lauren to tell her what to do with no thoughts and opinions of her own.

That plot was lost on me. After that, I couldn’t feel their chemistry and whatever they had felt forced. The story also conveniently ended on a very rushed and happy note which felt surreal for me considering what Josh had been through. He seemed to have recovered very quickly from his pain making the whole plot unrealistic.

One thing that I really enjoyed though, was how spot on the author was when it comes to Tinder dates in your late 20s/early 30s in a large city and how unlikely it is to find your soulmate. I think Paige was really brave to keep going for Tinder dates believing that she could find someone.

Thank you Netgalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the arc.

Cute story that includes an awesome cat cafe and cats, of course. The main characters are relatable and it is set in the exciting New York City. Also includes the best friend’s sibling tops which was enjoyable and entertaining.

Don't get me wrong, What The Cat Dragged in is a fast-paced, cute romance, unfortunately, this book was flat for me from the start. I definitely think that someone will like it, for instance, if you like the fact that it involves a cat cafe, lovers and a sweet, little happier ever after. But you won't stay very long if you don't like simple writing. Might have to give other books from Kate McMurray a try.

I didn't realize that this was the second book in a series and I hadn't read the first one, but I didn't feel like I was missing out. You can definitely read them as standalones! It's a cute romance that involves a cat café. What more do you want? It felt very Hallmarky, but I personally really like that. The main characters (Paige and Josh) have great chemistry and I noticed that I was rooting for them non-stop. But god, Josh's sister Lauren is insufferable! Because of that, I don't know if I want to read the first book, as she's the main character in that one. But this book: great read! 3/5 stars.