I couldn’t really get into this one. I don’t care for either main character, and their connection feels nonexistent. I really only like the cats.

I’ve already finished a few Christmas reads this year and so far this is my favorite!

The book is told from multiple point-of-views and they come from Kara and Ben. It is is told in third person narrative and I liked how it was written. Both Kara and Ben have some baggage that they are still sorting through when fate has them bump into one another. Their first meeting is far from a meet-cute but it was definitely funny and it means that the romance follows the slow-burn trope which I enjoy.

They both have a great friendship with two of the side characters and I liked having those friendships be a big part of the book. Sometimes they tend to be short with little development.

I really liked how the author incorporated all of the adoptable cats in the book by having their bios begin each chapter. It was a fun way to include different parts of the story. I am also a big cat fan so it’s just a really big plus for me, lol. I’ve also always wanted to go to a cat café and so I liked the setting.

The plot is filled with romance, friendships, the negatives and postives of social media, as well as other sorts of topics. Even though there was a lot going on, I didn’t feel like any of them were lacking.

Overall, this was a fun read! I liked the characters and learning about their struggles while finding a way to swim through the mess and find love.

Read this if you like: Opposites attract, enemies to lovers, grumpy grumpy, light fluffy reads, cute cats

Kara is a veterinarian and animal lover. She's opened the Meow and Furrever Cat Café to find loving homes for adorable, adoptable cats and serve good drinks. Things aren't going well because they are getting more cats than customers. If Kara can’t figure out some way to get the café out of the red, it won’t last past the holidays.

Marketing guru Ben is annoyingly smart and frustratingly bossy, but he hatches a plan to put the café in the “green” by Christmas. Kara realizes that she’d be a fool to turn down his help. So what if he turns out to be an excellent problem solver who happens to be nerdy and hot. She needs to keep their relationship professional and focus on saving the cafe.

This is so freaking cute. I love an opposites attract romance and enemies to lovers. There was some good depth to this book and the characters. The people were realistic. I loved the cat illustrations for the chapters. It's an easy read that feels a little young in the writing so it makes for a little fluffy holiday book. I recommend this! This comes out October 4th!

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and Forever Books for the gifted e-book!

#ACatCafeChristmas #NetGalley

Big cat lover here and thought this book was really cute! If you’re looking for a cute, light Christmas romance check this one out.

(3.5/5) Everything I expected this book to be, it was. Cozy Christmas Hallmarky book that’s great for the upcoming holiday season. This book has all the things: grumpy x grumpy, mystery old woman that visits the cafe, we must save this cat cafe/vet clinic by the end of the year, evil ex, etc etc. The pacing was decent and I liked the character growth we experienced for Ben and Kara over the course of the book.

But let’s be honest, the REAL main characters in the book were the sweet cats: the adorable illustrations and blurbs at the beginning of each chapter were one of my favorite parts of this book. Now, what are the chances I can convince my husband to get me a kitten for Christmas??? 🤔🐱

I read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book had more depth to the characters than I was expecting. Kara and Ben really got to know each other and I was happy it wasn't an insta-love story. With the addition of Chaos and realistic best friends, the story was quite entertaining and full of heart. Both main characters had some serious issues to overcome and I appreciated that the drama was sorted easily.
Was a surprising Christmas story, with wonderful feline descriptions.

I loved this sweet story!
Opposites attract ✅️
Enemies to friends to lovers ✅️
Cats ✅️
Christmas ✅️

This story starts with a meet cute that takes a quick turn. A struggling cat rescue is met by two marketing guys who want to help. Both Kara and Ben have a past neither want to really talk about or face. As their story progresses we see some character growth and so many LOL moments. I literally laughed out loud so much to this book.

This is a great read to get you into the Christmas spirit and the chapter titles cracked me up!

After going on a bit of a thriller binge A Cat Cafe Christmas was the perfect lighthearted pick me up that I needed! As a lover of cats, coffee and books I was absolutely ecstatic when I was approved for this NetGalley request.

Kara Ingalls is nursing her broken heart after her ex stole the information and money of donors who had trusted Kara. She’s hiding out at Meow and Forever the cat cafe she started with her best friend Charity.

Ben Reese never expected his ex-fiancé was in love with his brother but it all happened right in front of him. He’s in Sacramento hoping his family will stop trying to push he and Boone back together.

Kara decided rather quickly that she couldn’t stand Ben, after all, he was the cause of her awful work day. But then Ben comes groveling back with a kitten in tow, and Kara starts to warm up to him. This book was more cute than you could imagine, the descriptions of each cat at the beginning of the chapter were perfection!

A Cat Cafe Christmas was sweet, and wholesome (but a little spicy) and completely adorable. Throw in one crazy kitten named Chaos and this book has everything!

2.75 stars

I really wanted to love this book. From the adorable cover, the cute title, and the fact that this book focussed on cats, it seemed like it would be perfect for me. I was sadly disappointed with the book.

The dialogue between characters felt forced and underdeveloped. The interactions between characters felt choppy and I had trouble with the overall flow of the book.

Based on the title and description, I was expecting a very adorable story focusing on saving a cat café at Christmas, however this seemed more like a side plot. The main conflict surrounded Kara's ex-fiancé and Ben's drama with his brother/family. I felt like both of these things overcomplicated the story and took away from what should have been a very heartfelt and cozy read. I also felt like Kara and Ben lacked chemistry, and I wish we could have more of their relationship and its development.

The thing I did enjoy about the book was the cats. There were also some adorable little cartoons and short adoption profiles included at the start of each chapter that were so cute and tied into the story very well.

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Cat, Cafe, Christmas . . . Whoever decided to bring these things together really knows how to write something that'll turn a profit! A fun, easy, nice read.

3.75 out of 5 stars!

The heroine started a business with her best friend featuring a cat cafe and a veterinary clinic combined together. Though at the start of the book it is mostly a cat cafe due to the financial strain the business is experiencing. The hero is a marketing professional that wanted to help the heroine's business. They didn't have a good first meeting, but when the hero unexpectedly ends up with a stray kitten, they began to warm up to each other. Both have been hurt by past relationships and are reluctant to start a new relationship, but the holiday season has other ideas for them.

This is my first Codi Gary book, and I enjoyed it. I liked the cat cafe setting, especially the felines that are introduced in the book. I adored the cat doodles at the beginning of the chapters and the paragraph separations. Also, the feline profiles were entertaining, and I can definitely see them in social media. I liked the main characters, even though both characters have baggage that they must overcome during this book. I enjoyed reading the entertaining secondary characters, especially the best friends that supported the main couple. This is a well-written book, even though I still would have liked some more details in certain areas of the story. It should be noted that the vibe at the beginning of the story didn't click with me, hence why even though I enjoyed reading the book, I didn't click with it as much. However, I still enjoyed this holiday romance book and look forward to reading more Codi Gary books in the future.

**Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions and thoughts in the review are my own.**

Kara Ingalls is doing her best to make miracles happen by opening up her very own cat cafe and adoption offices - unfortunately it'll take a miracle for her to get her budget out of the red and keep the doors open through the holiday season. Enter Ben, a marketing mogul with a soft spot for furry things and a certain redhead, who might just be the miracle Kara's been looking for.

The concept and cover drew me into A Cat Cafe Christmas. With an adorable premise of running a cat cafe and the promise of some light Christmas hijinks, I was sold! I really loved the little cat introductions in each chapter and how it brought the fuzzier felines in the book out of their place as minor characters and kept it interesting.

I had a very hard time connecting with the characters in this book. I wanted to enjoy them because it had all the elements I love: cats, cafes, southern ladies, cute moments - but it just feel flat for me. I really disliked Ben from the first page with his casual misogyny and, unfortunately Kara wasn't much better. I was born and raised in the southern United States and have never heard someone say "this just buttercreams my cake." The dialogue in this book needed to be polished far more than it was to make both characters speak less in internet slang and movie references and more like humans having actual adult conversations.

I wish this book had delivered as much as the cute cover sold it to me. As it stands, I couldn't get through the entire novel even though I picked it up multiple times. I just didn't feel any kind of connection with Ben or Kara and found myself disinterested in their story and overall success. I feel like this would have been the perfect lighthearted romance for December had I enjoyed the writing more than I did.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for providing me with a copy for an honest review.

This is a cute, breezy holiday read. If you're looking for a clear they will, but just when, pick this up, especially if you love animals. It's a little cheesy, but sometimes you really need to read a book with cute marketing gimmicks to get cats adopted. There seems to be a frenzy of cat-related romances out there, but this one is worth a read.

I adored this book so much.

The cats, the banter, the friendships, just everything was so sweet and precious.

While reading other books by Cody (Hall) Gary, I was expecting this to be a little spicy but it was actually very sweet and fade to black which really worked for this book. I do not feel like I was missing anything at all.

I love all the teamwork, working on healthy relationships, and honest conversations that all the characters worked on having throughout the book. I also had to snuggle up extra close to my kitties while reading it! I was so happy to see Kara's journey and the love she had for these animals and other people.

I would definitely recommend this to all cat lovers, sweet romance readers, and anyone who loves a good hallmark movie!

I liked the concept of grumpy/grumpy as both of the main characters had trauma from past relationships. I absolutely adored all of the depictions of cats. As a cat lover myself, the little synopses of each cat at the cafe at the beginning of each chapter was adorable. The sprinkle of Christmas and the holiday season made this book such a cozy and enjoyable read.

A Cat Cafe Christmas is about Kara who runs a cat cafe and Ben who works in marketing and is begrudgingly made into a cat foster by Kara. The book itself was really cute and reminded me of my time fostering. I loved how realistic that part of the book was. I also really enjoyed Kara's best friend Charity and Ben's best friend Schwartz. For me, I felt like the conflict in the book was resolved a little too quickly, both Kara's issues with her ex-fiance and Ben's issues with his brother. I also felt like Kara and Ben needed a liiiiittle more chemistry. Overall it was really cute and great for fans of a small-town romance. Thank you to Netgalley and Forever for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

DNF at 20%

It’s not enemies to lovers when the hero is a misogynistic dudebro that was left by a woman so he hates the female population and considers a woman he just met crazy for showing an emotion in a stressful situation. I’m also so tired of animal people being judgmental when someone says they’d rather not have a pet… it’s not that deep not everyone wants to be responsible of an animal and that’s okay

I know the characters are going to make me dislike this book so I’d rather stop before it gets worse!

Thanks to Forever for my ARC.

I couldn’t get through this. It felt kind of childlike, so much so that even at one point they said “to heck with him” rather than just saying “to hell with him” as the phrase normally is. It felt kind of like a wattpad story and I really couldn’t get past the use of “heck” especially in places where it just made more sense to use hell.

This book is delightful and adorable. Kara and Ben are such good characters and I really enjoyed watching their progress, both together and apart.

Kara's backstory is very unique and not something I've seen before. I enjoyed learning about how she overcame her childhood and that really added a layer of heaviness to how much Worthy had really messed with her mind. Seeing her struggle with being ok telling her truth and with allowing Ben and Charity to help felt realistic and made for so much enjoyment of the end.

Ben was really interesting too. I feel like we're still just really starting to see male main characters who can process and vocalize their feelings and Ben did so well with it. I really enjoyed watching him stand his ground and advocate for his feelings with his family. The best part of him starting to forgive his brother us that he did it in his own time and on his own terms. It was also incredibly enjoyable to watch him be oblivious to how Choas really only behaved for him and to watch him fall for the cat.

The side characters I'm this are really great. They're supportive and interesting but don't take over. A cat cafe setting is super interesting and unique and I adored the little cat bios at the start of each chapter.

I really enjoyed this one and will be recommending it to everyone.

A cute story made cuter by many cats. I liked the surrounding characters and the cats perhaps more than the wishy washy leads. Christmas was included in this, but not overpowering to the larger story.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.