I loved this even more than the first book in the series! Becca's story is so good and quite relatable. Sam was swoonworthy, and I loved catching up with all the gang at the Comfort Cafe.

I loved Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe and getting to know Laura, her family and various other characters of Bunbury. In Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe, we find out more about Becca, Laura’s sister. She is visiting Laura for Christmas, she doesn’t enjoy Christmas. We see flashbacks to previous Christmases from when she was younger, we get to understand why Becca is the way she is and why she doesn’t like the festive season.

It was wonderful to be back in Bunbury, at the Comfort Food Cafe, seeing the village in the full swing of Christmas, it was like catching up with old friends.

It’s a shorter story, and you could read it as a stand-alone book, it does give a recap of the previous book. I really enjoyed this book, it’s a great festive read, with a fantastic festive wedding. It does touch upon a few hard topics throughout. I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

Copy received from HarperCollins UK/HarperImpulse via Netgalley for an honest review

I was happy to return to the warm setting of the Comfort Food Cafe, and Johnson did well to temper this with the more acerbic character of Becca. I enjoyed exploring the differences between the sisters and the way in which the cafe was able to help both of them in the end.

nice to be back at the comfort food cafe. really christmas feel

This is wonderful feel good sparkly story that you will want to read curled up with a cup of hot chocolate. It’s a follow on from Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe but can also be read as a stand-alone . This time the story revolves around Laura’s sister Becca but we also are reintroduced to the characters we met previously . I absolutely adored this book and highly recommend .

Becca is a difficult person, character, to really understand or like, for that matter, at the beginning of Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe. The story itself sets her up that way, and her early actions will reinforce that puzzle of who is she really. In the end, Becca is simply her own unique person – like all of us. Nope, she’s far from perfect but so am I. She’s definitely moody, and often times mean. Yet, there underneath the surface stuff is a woman who has been hurt, not seen or valued for herself and who has learned her own defense movements to keep her own sanity intact. We all cope with life differently, this was Becca’s way.

Much like the earlier book in this series, this story tells us of one woman’s journey to discover herself within the comfort of family, good people and an atmosphere of acceptance from those around her… something Becca is not used to. As she slowly comes back to life, opens up her heart about the terrible hurts she’s experienced that shaped her future we will see a slightly different Becca. Oh, she’s always going to be that unique personality but she’s more human, more easy to sit back with and simply relax. Her romance with Sam is a slow burn and it moves along at the right pace for them. Sam is exactly what Becca needs in her life, she might just have to be convinced of that small fact for a bit.

I enjoyed Sam and Becca’s journey in Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe. I’ll tell you frankly that Becca will not be my favorite character from this story or this series… but I did grow to understand her and like her. And the ending she and Sam found was perfect for them and that’s really all that matters. While I wouldn’t call this a traditional Christmas story – it is one that will touch your emotions and give you a tear or a smile along the way. I enjoyed my time in their world and I believe you would as well.

I own a Kindle copy of this story.

great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

The first book I read of Debbie’s was Summer at the Comfort Café. I found the book to be really charming and moving and when I saw that there would be a wintery return to the café I knew I would want to read it. There is such a mix of characters in who all thrive because of the café and it was really heart-warming to read about. In this festive read we are back in Dorset only this time Becca, Laura’s sister, is our narrator.

Becca likes to portray this untouchable party girl/wild child image and it’s exactly how she wants her family to see her. In reality though, Becca is deeply unhappy and a little bit lost. Debbie doesn’t sugar coat Becca’s feelings which I appreciated because it made her much more reachable as a character. After the death of Laura’s husband Becca cleaned up her act, determined to be there for her family should they need to depend on her. I liked how much she put everyone else before her. She really struggles with a lot of things in life but tries her damnedest not to let that show and to only be the supportive aunt and sister.

Although the story is set at Christmas, if you’re only just picking up Summer at the Comfort Food Café you definitely don’t need to wait until the festive season to read this little gem. As well as reading Becca’s story it’s nice to catch up with everyone from the Summer novel and see how they’ve progressed in their new life. The Comfort Food Café stories will be ones that I will always be memorable for me. If you like Jenny Hale and Paige Toon you will enjoy Debbie’s writing.

I absolutely loved this book! I've read the first one, summer at the comfort food cafe and enjoyed that one too. I like that this book is about Becca, Laura's sister as the first book was about Laura and her past. I like that we eventually find out why Becca is so anti Christmas and why she's like she is. I loved reading about all the characters again and what they are up to now. I did wonder for a while that in the end Becca was pregnant but I'm pleased for her. The only thing I would change is I would have liked to have read Becca telling Laura about everything as I think she deserves to know and I would have liked to have read Laura's reaction about becoming and auntie but that might happen in the next book, if there is one and I hope there is. I would love to read more about this village and the amazing, interesting people in it. The storyline is fab, I do hope Debbie writes another one in this series, I would love to read it, thank for you letting me read and review this book, I absolutely loved every second of reading it.