🐦🥧 Midnight at the Blackbird Café 🥧🐦 (2019) - Book Review
MY REVIEW
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Forge Books (July 16,
2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250198593
ISBN-13: 978-1250198594
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“Nestled in the mountain shadows of Alabama
lies the little town of Wicklow. It is here that Anna Kate has returned to bury
her beloved Granny Zee, owner of the Blackbird Café.
It was supposed to be a quick trip to close the
café and settle her grandmother’s estate, but despite her best intentions to
avoid forming ties or even getting to know her father’s side of the family,
Anna Kate finds herself inexplicably drawn to the quirky Southern town her
mother ran away from so many years ago, and the mysterious blackbird pie
everybody can’t stop talking about.
As the truth about her past slowly becomes clear,
Anna Kate will need to decide if this lone blackbird will finally be able to
take her broken wings and fly.”
Thank you to Bookish First for providing me a copy of this book to review (well, for my points that is). This review is not in any way influenced by the author or publisher.
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“Midnight at the
Blackbird Café” is a magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town
Southern charm book.
The main character Anna
Kate; returns to Wicklow, Alabama for the first time since she was a child. She
there only long enough to run the café long enough to collect from her
grandmother’s estate before closing the famous Blackbird Café – famous for the
Blackbird Pie, a pie with mystical connections. It’s said that if you eat a
piece of the pie, you’ll hear a message from a deceased loved one in their
song.
Most of the townsfolk
believe it. And, most have experienced it.
Anna Kate is also
interested in her past and why her mother left Wicklow before Anna Kate was
born.
Then there is Natalie who
has returned with her own heartache as well. Not only the loss of her older
brother but her husband. Both women share an interesting connection. But, Anna
Kate wants to avoid her estranged family based on how they treated her mother
after an accident.
There are also the
birdwatchers who are intrigued by the blackbirds and what is going on with
them.
The more Anna Kate tries
to think about leaving, the more she is drawn to the town. She’s also drawn to
healing – not just as a doctor, but with her cooking.
Anna Kate also learns
more about her heritage and the accident that claimed her father’s life.
As she grows closer to
the people in the town, she sees what is meant by Wicklow tends to take hold.
And, as she contemplates
her future – a tragedy will force her to reconsider what she wants as opposed
to promises made.
This was a delightful and
fun read. I do wish that there had been a recipe for the Blackbird Pie in the
book as it sounded wonderful.
I enjoyed the
relationships between Anna Kate and Natalie, as well the others in the book. In
the beginning it was overwhelming with all the characters thrown in and
together. I enjoyed watching how Anna Kate seemed to take on the responsibility
thrust upon her and how well she interacted with the customers, the
birdwatchers, Gideon, and the Blackbird Café staff.
This is a wonderful story
that can double as a romance.
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Heather Webber loves to read, drink too much coffee and
tea, bird-watch, crochet, and bake. She currently lives in Cincinnati with her
family and is hard at work on her next book.
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