I love a Christmas themed romance and this one didn’t disappoint. If you love cats you with thoroughly enjoy it. Located in a beautiful setting with great characters.
Beautifully written and you can feel the love for cats that this author has.
Thank you Natgalley, Rachel Rowlands and publisher for the opportunity to read.

Snowed in at the Cat Cafe by Rachel Rowlands

When Emmie's aunt offers her a job at Catpurrcino, it is the fresh start she needs after a rough year. Now, in the lead-up to Christmas, Emmie can't imagine anything more purr-fect than pouring hot chocolate for customers and taking care of the café's many feline residents.

Cats - tick , great setting - tick , fab characters - tick , tick , tick . Loved it
Although a great lover of cats , I've always avoided books like this as I thought I would find them over the top. Not this one , a great story.

First off, I love the cover of this book. It's gorgeous. Being a huge cat lover and a fan of books set around Christmas, Snowed in at the Cat Café was the perfect book for me, I really enjoyed it. As somebody who has lost quite a few pets in my lifetime (including a cat called Poppy), Jared's heartache over losing his beloved pet resonated with me. It just made me think of how important animals are to people, they're a lifeline, they're family and its heartbreaking to say goodbye to them. Overall a lovely book, perfect for the festive season. I loved getting to know Jared and Emmie and I hope there will be more from Catpurrcino in the near future.

Emmie needing some resbite from her current living situation, goes to stay with her Aunt, who owns a Cat cafe in the Lake District. When her Aunt travels to her grandparents house in Manchester, to pick them up for Christmas, a storm descends and Sylvie is stuck miles leaving Emmie to manage the cafe in her absence. However, the weather has also hit the Lakes and Emma is snowed in at the cafe with Jared their delivery driver and unbeknown to her, his ex girlfriend.

This is a cute romance set inside the cat cafe. I enjoyed the location and setting of the book as I live in the North West of England and often travel to both the Lake District and Manchester, so it was lovely to hear familiar places mentioned.

The characters are likeable and I actually finished the book in one sitting. The writing style an flow was enjoyable to. However, for me personally the insta love happened just a little bit too quickly, and there wasn't really a build up. It was all a little bit too cheesy and predictable. I did enjoy the books and learning about all the different cats, especially Salem. I am a cat owner myself so could relate and appreciated all their little quirks.

If you are a fan or romance and cats then I am sure you will really enjoy this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder Publishing for an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Lovely Christmas feels I really enjoyed this
I love cats so was excited to read this I really need to visit a cat cafe soon !!
Lovely sweet adorable and set around Christmas my favourite type of book
Amazing characters a sweet hallmark story and all the emotions

A cute little read that would be great in the middle of winter with a hot chocolate. It’s a bit predictable, and I’m not really a fan of stories where people fall in love after knowing each other three days, but if you are looking for easy escapism, and you like cats, you will probably enjoy this book.

So when I saw the title I was thinking of Jessica Redland's cat book last Christmas but this is totally different. It hits on subjects not normally covered like alcholism and animal beavement. I'll be certainly looking out for more books from Rachel. Perfect Christmas read for sure but as I person who doesn't like cats, I really had to push through this one.

A lovely story. You have cats, devoted family, old and new love . Lots of snow and it covers the delicate subject of alcoholism . It is a good read . Curled up on the sofa on a wet Saturday afternoon . If you have loved a pet and lost it you get Jared ‘s story Read it. .

Fantastic read. Enjoyed this book so much it was read in one sitting couldn’t put it down.
Em is forced to leave her flat in Manchester and move into the flat over the cat cafe owned by her aunt. She’s regaining her confidence as well back drawing and sketching after an incident that caused her to waiver.
Jared can’t believe it when he lands a job he desperately needs driving for a cat cafe his worst nightmare since losing his own cat recently and breaking up with his girlfriend.
Events fold and the two find themselves snowed in st the cafe with a guest renting the holiday flat next to Ems but is there more to the visitor than meets the eye.
Great feel good book