This review contains affiliate links, which earn me a small commission when you click and purchase, at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my small business and allowing me to continue providing you a reliable resource for clean book ratings.
A magical coffee shop only opens occasionally and moves locations. It serves selected customers and provides carefully chosen foods and drinks for them.
In Kyoto, a few people visit the Full Moon Coffee Shop one night and are treated to items that the servers deem just right for them.
And … it just so happens that the staff are all talking cats.
These human-sized cats provide a listening ear and lend a helping … paw … to these few people who happen upon the café. Each of these people is facing a point of decision or concern in their lives. The cats explain the visitors’ star charts to them and how they are affecting their lives. Each person leaves the café with plenty of astrological insights and a measure of hope for better things to come.
The Full Moon Coffee Shop is a cute little book. It’s told in vignettes that follow each person who is served in the café. The people are connected, though they don’t know it. The cats have the big picture, though, and are returning favors.
The idea is cute but I thought the amount of astrology in the book was far too much for such a slim volume. The book might as well be a primer on this pseudoscience, which I have no interest in at all. It’s also so short that each person gets a very brief part to play, with not a lot of development. It’s not written in a way that you get attached to them.
If you love cats and astrology, though, and a whimsical take on the Japanese myth of cats returning favors to people who help them, you should really enjoy this.
Rated: Mild. (Could just about be a none; a couple of themes may prevent that.) Profanity one use of mild language. There are some references to a character having an affair with a married man.
Click here to purchase your copy of The Full Moon Coffee Shop on Amazon.
*I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
