I received and advance copy of, Alfie the Christmas Cat, by Rachel Wells. This is the 6th of 6 books, in the Alfie series. The story is told by Alfie, the cat. Alfie and his neighbors, animals and humans alike, are having a Nativity to raise money for a local homeless shelter. Somebody is trying to ruin their set, will this be the worst Christmas ever?

Alfie and George can't wait for Christmas, especially when all the residents come together to put on a festive show to raise money for a local homeless shelter. Everything is going great... until things start to go wrong. When residents find the set trashed, it becomes clear that someone is trying to sabotage the performance. Alfie and George must find the culprit and save the day. Another lovely story of Alfie and George that keeps you reading and warms your heart. The perfect read for Christmas! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of the book in return for my honest feedback.

I’m a massive fan of the Alfie books so was very excited to get this one. I think this could even be my favourite so far, it has all the adventures and warmth and loveliness that makes up an Alfie book but with a huge dollop of Christmas on the side. Puuuurfect!!!!

This is the 1st Book I have read by the author and also the 1st Book I have Read in the series, This Book is book 6 of the series, In my option you don’t need to read the other books to read this book

I loved this book as I am a cat Lover , This Book tells the story of Nativity with everyone involved tried to raise money for the local Homeless Shelter, but someone is trying to savage the Nativity.

With thanks to Netgalley & Avon Books Uk for my ARC of this exchange for this honest review.

Alfie, George, Snowball, Hana, Pickles and the whole Edgar Street posse of cats (and pug) are back, and it was a joy to be back amongst them.

I really do love this series from Alfie's perspective, for he really is a rather clever cat, and the bond he has with his various humans is amazing.

The idea for the Christmas Show was inspired, and seeing how the community comes together to help put this show on and to raise awareness and money for the homeless is rather special. Not only that but they insist the whole cast goes to the homeless shelter and meet some of those they will be helping.

Which is a great follow on from the themes of the previous book which dealt a lot with loneliness at all times of year but especially Christmas, and the programme Harold set up is fully functioning now and really does seem to help a lot of people.

Not everything is smooth sailing for the humans, Tommy is playing up at home and school and everyone is worried about him. And that is before we take into account someone attempting to sabotage the show, and a new rather complicated neighbour on the street too.

There is something so amusingly imaginative about having four cats in the Nativity part of the show, playing sheep, and seeing the cats get together regularly amongst themselves in order to practice how to be the best sheep they can be. While Pickles gets to be Rudolph!

There is also a storyline about Hana, who George is increasingly worried about, that well I had an inkling but the way it played out was just perfect for a Christmas book!

This is just such a special series, and Alfie really is a Christmas cat. I really had the feeling of the true spirit of Christmas while reading this story.

Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

Who is Trashing the Christmas Play?

Alfie's humans are putting on a Christmas play to benefit the homeless shelter. It was really Alfie's idea and it took him a while to get his humans to get the idea. Now everyone is involved...George, Alfie's son, Snowball Alfie's lady friend, and Pickles the pug puppy that lived in their house. This is plus all the humans that got involved.

They found a hall to use for the play, put out flyers and decorated. They got acts for the play from the school, the church and the neighborhood. Even the newspaper lady took pictures for the paper to help the homeless shelter. Of course Alfie and George were the features..what great cats they were.

Everyone got parts, made costumes, practiced and made scenery. However, someone keeps destroying the scenery. Who is doing it? Alfie and his cat crew need to go detective and solve the crime of who is trashing the Christmas play.

I really liked this book. It is a lighthearted read about loss, compassion and forgiveness. It is about the real spirit of Christmas and helping others. To give to those that have nothing so they can have a wonderful Christmas. What a great story and told by a cat. It is adorable. I recommend this Christmas story to all young and old.

Thanks to Rachel Wells, Avon Books UK, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a copy in return for an honest review.

I did not realize that this was a series, but Alfie the Christmas Cat is actually book #7. It doesn't matter as this book works fine as a stand-alone. This is a sweet story (told from the perspective of the cat!) about a charity event to raise money for the homeless. Everyone is filled with holiday cheer and the spirit of Christmas until a Scrooge decides to trash the set that is going to be used for the big fundraiser event. Alfie and friends must find a way to save the day. This book is heart-warming, sweet, and who doesn't love cats at Christmas? Must read for the holidays.

What a wonderful book! I loved reading Alfie the Christmas Cat. It is well written and holds your attention. It is full of adventure and mystery, but is also full of the Christmas spirit. It was an absolute joy to read! You don't want to miss this book! Thank you Avon Books UK via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

The mystery of Who is Trashing the Christmas Play

Alfie's adults decide to put on a Christmas play to benefit the homeless shelter.

As it was really Alfie's idea, but it took a while for him to get his humans work out his idea.

So,, everyone is involved - George - Alfie's son, Snowball - Alfie's lady friend, and of course Pickles the pug puppy that lived in their house.
Along with all the humans that got involved.

They’ve found a hall to use for the play, made flyers and put them out and decorated the hall.

The acts for the play, they got from school, the church and the neighbourhood. The lady at the newspaper took pictures for the paper.

All had their parts, made their costumes abd the scenery. But, it appears someone is out to destroy the scenery. The question is who s doing it?

Now, Alfie and his cat crew need to turn detective and solve the crime. .

It is a lighthearted read about loss, compassion and forgiveness and the real spirit of Christmas and helping others.

Recommend it.

i love cats and i have read all the Alfie books - this can be read after the other 5 or on its own. I was so happy the publishers and #Netgalley gave me the opportunity to read this as it was on my list of Christmas books i wanted to read. Its just such a great story and everyone should read it for Christmas.

This novel is the seventh story in the Alfie series, and once again the theme is about the tenacious feline patriarch saving the day for his human and feline friends. This time the story has a festive theme and Alfie has to use his mighty brain to figure out how to solve a mystery: the mystery of the evil saboteur who is trying to spoil a charitable Christmas Concert and thereby ruining Christmas for everyone in the community, but especially the local homeless community that will benefit from ticket sales, donations and their inclusion as guests at the concert dress rehearsal.
Of course Alfie has lots of willing helpers in the local cat community, including George, Alfie’s kitten. But can a cat really defeat someone with huge feet, someone who is a sworn cat-hater and who is violent and driven by anger and revenge? You’ll have to read the story to find out.
I’m a massive, mad cat lady. I have cat ornaments; cat books (obviously), cat bed socks, cat portraits and more. I’m sure you get the drift of what I am saying. I have adopted and loved to bits seven wonderful cats throughout my 70 year life. So I started reading the Alfie books from the very first book in the series: ‘Alfie the Doorstep Cat’ and just carried on following Alfie’s life story book by book. This whole series is light hearted, amusing and very readable. It is really lovely to watch the character development book by book. It’s pure magical escapism. I love the human cat owners, all of them. I love Alfie and all of the other cats in the cat community. I love their sense of community and taking care of each other and the wider community. Each new story introduces new characters and new themes. What’s not to like?
Each story is a little treasure of enjoyment, easy reading and good storytelling. There are several different and interesting threads woven into this story as well. This one touches on the story of a truculent and angry teenager, a birth, grief, jealousy and the feelings and plight of the homeless. I enjoyed reading it and had a huge smile on my face at the endearing but not unexpected ending. I’m a bit of a detective myself you see.
I received this novel through my membership of NetGalley and from publisher Avon in return for an honest review. Thank you most sincerely for my copy. In these worrying times of Coronavirus, Lockdown, terrorism and daily bad news, this was a refreshing read that really cheered me up. This is my 3.5*review.

Wow what a lovely story off Alfie George pickles and rest off the gang. It was amazing to see what they did for the homeless shelter even with Barbra trying to trash it and make it not happen after she didn't get the part she wanted in the show. The cats did a great job trying to solve it and found out who it was. Also the Christmas miracle with hana having the kittens on Christmas day. Such a heart warming story

Read and reviewed by my 12 year old son.

5 stars all round amazing book thoroughly enjoyed it. It took me a while to get into the book because I hadn’t read the rest of the series of books but once I got into it I was engaged and wanted to read it. It is a wonderful book about the story of a cat called Alfie who tries to save the charity Christmas show from disaster by an evil person. I now want to read the rest of the series!