At the Cupcake Café - Jenny Colgan

Title: Meet Me at the Cupcake Café
Author: Jenny Colgan
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 456
Date read: November, 2018

Issy Randall can bake. No, more than that - Issy can create stunning, mouth-wateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe's bakery she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. So when she's made redundant from her safe but dull City job, Issy decides to seize the moment and open up her own cafe.


Adorable story. Extremely predictable, but that's the norm for books like this, and I didn't expect anything different, nor did I mind. I've always loved reading about people making a go for it at shops (pretty much regardless of what they're selling) and this was no exception. But most of all, I loved all the friendships that grew from the shop - Pearl and Louis especially, of course, but also Des and Mira, Doti and Chester - even Austin and Darny. The romance was sweet too, and totally appropriate, but it was partly the friendships and partly Issy's joy at the success of her café that made this a true comfort read :-)