A review by duckoffimreading
Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Imagine contemporary Bless Your Heart with a dollop of Fried Green Tomatoes. This was a little but flirty, a little bit supernatural and a little lot of grief and pain. Small town Wicklow, Alabama recalls one of its granddaughters after the death of the matriarch Zee leaves the Blackbird Cafe to Anna Kate Callow. What I liked: the blackbird pie that would enable eaters to communicate with dead loved ones via their dreams, the small town community that is Wicklow, some very dramatic end of life stories. What I didn’t like: Anna Kate’s character seems way more mature and experienced than her early 20’s college age would naturally give, the main characters with grief from lost ones NEVER EAT THE DAMN PIE, and finally Anna Kate and Natalie conveniently both end up in flirty romances with two good to be true available bachelors (com’n now). Also, what the hell is up w Len and Bow? Did I miss their backstory? Parts of this was cheesy and more character driven than plot driven, but definitely enjoyable. Overall I would give it 3.5 stars.