The premise of this book reminded me of the movie Midnight in Paris with Owen Wilson. Instead of prominent figures from 1920s Paris .. in this book, you get talking cats.

The execution of this book, didn’t remind me of one of my beloved movies at all. It started out good, I enjoyed the cats in human form … and the excitement of it all. The rest of the book, I struggled.

I struggled with the large amount of astrology. I guess I didn’t care? Or was it too much? Or is this all a personal preference? For me, after one or two paragraphs of astrology talk, I was zoning. Then we went to the next character and the next .. and I found myself cringing when the next Cat Cafe would show up and start boring me.

Luckily this is a short book, so no time was wasted. For me, this was a miss. If you are into weaving into the depths of astrology, you might fall in love.

Amazon Link – The Full Moon Coffee Shop By: Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

_{***Thank you to Random House, NetGalley and of course, the author Mai Mochizuki and Jesse Kirkwood for their hard work in translating, for a  copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Publishing in August 2024.}