Reviews

A Gift from the Comfort Food Café by Debbie Johnson

angie50's review

5.0

Just love this series. Easy five stars

thewoollygeek's review

5.0

Another fabulous instalment in the comfort cafe series. I love a Debbie Johnson book, they are a breath of fresh air on a stuffy day, great fun, heartwarming and entertaining read. The characters make you laugh, smile and melt. A great series and another great book.

stormcloud82's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

kiwialexa's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

judenoseinabook's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

An enjoyable easy read but it does make some valid points about the damage done by arguing parents 
Katie does seem to live in a lovely village with lots of nice caring people. And a great community cafe.

glynnenovelle's review

lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

novellenovels's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

teresat's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bananatricky's review

4.0

Delicious holiday romance set in the glorious village of Budbury.

Katie Seddon is a single mother of a three year old boy called Saul. She moved away from her parents in Bristol to get away from their constant fighting only to find herself copying their behaviour with Saul's father so she moved to Budbury where she has kept herself aloof from the rest of the villagers.

But as Christmas approaches she decides that maybe it's time to let other people in to her life, to let them help her with Saul, to join in with the activities at the Comfort Food Cafe, maybe even to let Auburn's brother Van get close.

But as tensions rise can Katie overcome her instinct to run?

Lovely, just lovely addition to the Comfort Food Cafe series - great if you have read the others but I think it can easily be read alone. If you like cake and eccentric characters and romance you'll love this.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

lindz_reads's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Another solid entry, focusing on Katie who has been in the background since book 2 but now gets a focus. I related to a lot of her background and it was another enjoyable romp through Budbury.