Review by fortmeines - Midnight at the Blackbird Café

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Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber

4.25

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a nice, bittersweet exploration of family, forgiveness, and belonging. I enjoyed reading it. However, it had quite a lot of little plot similarities with another book from Heather Webber, such as:

Young woman moves to small town after a loss
Small town people are mostly kind, well-meaning, but very nosy
There is at least one semi-magical person in town
Young woman meets local man and slowly falls in love
There is talk of either taking over or selling a beloved cafe
An elderly man is hinted at dying eventually, but doesn't (yet)
A small shop is set on fire but nothing bad happens
Said fire makes shop owner realize their passion and love for said shop

These make me feel reluctant to read her other books as she seems to be a formulaic writer. But hey, if it works, it works.

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