COFFEEHOUSE ANGEL by Suzanne Selfors – REVIEW April 8, 2009
Posted by karinlibrarian in young adult.Tags: angels, cats, coffee, friendship, love, small business, wishes
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Walker Books – August 2009
Katrina lives with her grandmother above their coffee shop in the sleepy town of Nordby. Anna’s Old World Scandinavian Coffeehouse has been a standby in Nordby for years, but when sleak and shiny new Java Heaven moves in right next door, business starts to suffer.
Katrina enjoys her morning routine of getting the coffee brewing for her grandma before she heads to school. One morning on her way to throw out some trash, Katrina sees a young man sleeping in the alley. Startled at first, Katrina hurrys back inside. It is only when she is gathering the day-old pastries that she thinks this “homeless” man could maybe use something to eat and puts them out on the back step along with a hot cup of coffee.
Little does she know that she has performed a selfless act of kindness for an angel. Malcolm is in Nordby delivering a message and just needed to take a break, but because of Katrina’s good deed, he now has the added pressure of granting her deepest desire before he can move on. The problem is, Katrina doesn’t have any idea what her deepest desire is.
COFFEEHOUSE ANGEL is a light-hearted tale of love and friendship. Suzanne Selfors uses wonderful language to describe the small town and its quirky inhabitants. The reader easily feels like one of the family and will want to organize a campaign to close the evil Java Heaven.
This book sounds great! I’d love to read it, but before I spend $11.55 on a book please do answer one question. This isn’t like The Friday Night Knitting Club is it? That book had such a disappointing ending >.<
woa looks soo good. looks cute too! great review!
hope ur feeling better
I am feeling better. Almost back to normal. I’m going to be putting the finishing touches on my final general exam question tonight (I hope) and then I’ll be able to focus more time on the reviews I’m behind on.
Thanks so much for your concern. It means a lot.
Every time i see that cover, I think it’s Veronica Mars. Anyone else?
If you can believe it, I didn’t see one episode of that show. I do know she was blonde though.
This sounds like a cute book, and I love coffee. heh.
I can’t wait to begin my ARC now!
Oh–and I was just wondering, does the book take place in Sweden?
No, it doesn’t take place in Sweden, but the grandma’s coffeeshop is trying to hold on to the roots of the town.
Sounds really nice and fun. I love it.
Not crazy about the cover but it sounds like a good fluff read.
This really sounds like it’d be a great read! Thanks for the review.
P.S. I know you have this award already but I really enjoy your blog!
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