I love a Christmas story any time of the year! The Christmas Cafe is a perfect little spot to stop in for a sweet treat. Sylvie is clumsy and a little immature with a hangup over being adopted. She lives with her widowed grandfather and her annoying dog. A holiday movie is being shot in town and she ends up dating the star . But wait! An old school friend has returned to take over his parents goat farm. Can she save the cafe? Will she end up with a star or a goat? Crazy enough plot to land up on Hallmark. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley!

I love a good holiday/Christmas novel with the usual holiday tropes and predictability, but this one was annoying, like a meh hallmark movie. More young adult than an adult fiction. There were so many cliches I was getting more annoyed with Sylvie, the main character, with all her encounters.

Sylvie is immature. Immature in love and life. She wants to save the cafe but has no clue, and that’s safe the cafe is not really formulated well. Royce, the bad guy, and actor, helps her but her immaturity and inability to communicate prevent her from any actual action. Giving the dress back to Royce was totally okay, but keeping the shoes made Sylvie look immature again. How she stormed out of the Christmas Ball was another immature move.

Her self-doubt about being adopted became annoying instead of endearing.

And the author's words when referencing the parents made me believe there was not a great relationship. Really, what was the point of the parents, they could have died and the grandparents raised them—more believable plot.

And her little dog Crumpet, another cliche, a not trained yappy little dog, that Sylvie brings to a commercial kitchen. WTF! She also feeds it eggs with salt and pepper, which is horrible for dogs. Something easy for the author to Google, take out the salt/pepper and feed it eggs. Also, the meet/cute at the beginning with the Crumpet, the dog, was hard to want to keep reading for me.

Another cliche is the overbearing older sister and an unsettled, immature younger brother, who, by the end, grow to be friendly people because of Sylvie too much.

I felt like the author was trying to do too much about adoption, cancer, parents in Florida, self-doubt, your perfect being you. But she slams women for taking care of themselves. When she wrote, “She spent all of two minutes looking in the mirror each day. She had more important things to do with her time.” what an infuriating line and exasperating character Sylvia was.

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Such a cute book and plot! If you are looking for a Hallmark Christmas movie in a book - this is it. I am a sucker for a cute small town romance. This is set in small town Wyoming. We follow a woman on a journey to save the cafe that means so much to her. You get all the Friends, family, romance, Christmas vibes and cute animals to make a fun holiday read. The Christmas Cafe was so easy to read and escape into the their world. This will be a perfect holiday read once it is released.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC copy. This is my honest review.

Absolutely fantastic plot! Could not put the book down once I began reading it. Cannot wait for it to be released. Will recommend it to everyone I know!

What a sweet and sentimental story! You can see how the entire plot would play out on the Hallmark Channel, and sometimes that’s exactly what you need.

I found the FMC to be very relatable at times, even when cringeworthy, because honestly I probably would have reacted similarly. I do wish there had been more background in her friendship with the MMC, a more solid plot line that I think would have helped to create more investment into him as a character. Though predictable, their interactions left me wanting more.

Overall this was a well-written, sweet palette cleanser from me. I can’t promise I’ll remember the details a week from now, but I would pick it up around the holidays again to help get me in the spirit!

I love a cheese hallmark movie and I love a cheesy romance book. So cute combo for sure. It was a bit dragged on and difficult to get into this book till about half way but then it was the predictable cute warm your heart silly.

This review containers spoilers. This a holiday hallmark movie in a book! If you love a cozy holiday predictable movie, you’ll enjoy reading this. The first half was a bit slow, but it picked up in the second half. I found the movie star character, Royce, a bit insufferable.
Thank you NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s sons for this advanced reader copy!

The first 40-50% of this book was slow and I wasn’t sure if I was going to finish it. But there have been many a Holiday rom-com that start this way, so I kept going.
The last half of the book it really picked up, was fun and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened. Who would the main character pick? What would happen to the Christmas cafe?
I did stick around to the end and enjoyed the ending.
If you like a Rom-com/ hallmark movie, you just might enjoy this book.

Holiday romance can be hit-or-miss for me because of the potential for Hallmark movie-ness (which isn't what I really want from a book). Unfortunately, this is where The Christmas Cafe landed. I imagine plenty of other readers will love it for that exact reason, but it wasn't my cup of tea.

Ok, honest review time, I did not care about a single thing happening in this book until around 50% in. The glimpses of cute moments with our endgame man were few and far between. I felt like I was in a desert of romance. The ending is a nice wrap up albeit kind of forced. I bounced between 2 and 3 stars, but that just made me feel like overly nice Sylvie before the cake. The characters felt flat, and the storyline has been used so many times that this needed something to make it different, but it didn't have that. Sylvie is the embodiment of 'I'm not like other girls' in the worst way. Her grandpa is the only person in that family that was at all tolerable and funny to me. Now onto the love interests, Royce is a tool, and he never has a glimpse where he isn't. Sylvie's guilt or I'm too nice to see the red flags bit was annoying to me. Then we have Abe, who's loved her since fifth grade, and never told her, she just needed to figure it out. He's so content to just put all the work onto her, and then act jealous and mopey when another guy swoops in. He does give me Luke Danes vibes which is the only thing keeping me from reading his rights. I enjoyed the ending, but this isn't a book I would say is a must read.

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I'm a big fan of holiday reads, and enjoy reading them all year around. Just like the movies they are always predictable. This one was just okay. I think I would of enjoyed the book more without Royce or the movie he was staring didn't come town.

This is the absolute best holiday romance book out that ive read this year!! I was so into this. I loved it so much! Great job 'chefs kiss' perfection.
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I'm a big fan of holiday reads, and enjoy reading them all year around. Just like the movies they are always predictable. This one was just okay. I think I would of enjoyed the book more without Royce or the movie he was staring didn't come town.

3.5 stars

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

WOW. If you are looking for a Hallmark Christmas movie in a book - here it is. This was adorable. Set in a small town in Wyoming, all about one woman's quest to save the cafe that means so much to her. Family, friends, cute animals, romance, Christmas cheer, and cute recipes, make for a perfect Christmas book. I just loved how easy this was to read, and just how much of an escape this was. Highly recommend you check this one out once it releases.
Thank you to the publisher for the ARC of this book!

Had to read this book today on a snowy cold weather in the middle of march! Loved it so much!! All the wonderful Christmas romance vibes in this book!! It was such a cute, easy read for anyone to enjoy! the plot and characters development was beautifully executed!!

I recently have been enjoying small down Christmas themed romances but maybe I’ve just been reading too many because this felt predictable and a bit boring. The love triangle was barely constructed, the supporting characters barely fleshed out and the romance described without much build up or detail to the point that I wasn’t really invested in anyone

Fun and festive, The Christmas Cafe, is the perfect story this holiday season, or any season for that matter. Romance is in the air and so is Christmas, along with a plan to save the Christmas Cafe. Eliza Evans has written a sweet and fun treat of a book. Chock full of holiday cheer, a friendly romance, a parade and festival - what more could you want? The writing is great, the characters are fun to get to know, and the romance is sweet - plus, Christmas makes it all the more merry. I definitely enjoyed reading this terrific story!