Tales from the Cafe

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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Thank you to Netgalley for providing a free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

After loving Toshikazu Kawaguchi's first installment, "Before the Coffee gets Cold", I was absolutely ecstatic to hear the next installments were getting translated, and even more thrilled to be approved for an e-arc!!

The second book in this series transports us back to our favourite little cafe in Tokyo. We meet some familiar faces, but we also meet new ones too. In "Tales from the Cafe", we are faced with the deep, philosophical question of;
"If you can't change the past, why bother visiting at all?". Kawaguchi explores this idea through the different patron's stories.

Diving back into this book, felt like coming home to a warm hug, Kawaguchi does such an excellent job at making the reader feel as if they are an onlooker in our small cafe, watching the time-travelling patrons and being fully involved with their emotional journeys.

5/5 ⭐