This cafe is special, such an amazing premise - the author writes in such a way that you feel like you are there, with the characters, experiencing the stories. The book is special.
What if you could travel back in time, or to the future - this cafe allows you to do this, you just must return - before the coffee gets cold.
The book is set into 4 separate stories, within which the cafe characters' stories are told too.
Although I have read the first book (before the coffee gets cold), enough detail is given that you could just read this book and it explains the story and process well enough for you to understand without having to read the first book.
I do hope there are more tales from the cafe in the future, this is a place I love to revisit.

A lovely return to the cafe where you can time travel, and the stories of those that choose to do so - really sweet

This is a follow up to Before The Coffee Gets Cold. I read that one last year and enjoyed it. The storyline is that there is a cafe that allows you to back in time and Speak to a loved one. There are various rules that go along with this but the main one is that a coffee is poured out for you and you need to come back to the present before the coffee gets cold. I really expected to enjoy this but thought that this was just okay. I found it a little bit repetitive.

I loved the original book, and was very pleased to have the opportunity to read this one. I very much enjoyed it, as I love the whole concept of the time-travelling cafe experience, and the characters, but I felt this book lacked some of the magic of the previous book. I would still recommend it, but I would suggest that people read the original book first.

Earlier this year I read Before the Coffee Gets Cold in pretty much one sitting and really enjoyed it so was delighted when I saw Tales from the Cafe was to follow.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe takes us back to the cafe to hear 4 more stories of those customers who wish to travel through time, whilst returning to some known characters too.

I actually think I enjoyed this collection of stories more than the original. Maybe it was because I was more settled into the concept and knew what to expect, but this book contains stories just as heartwarming and gives a little bit of closure too, which was lovely.

It was great to pull some of the original customers back and hear where their stories went and how the cafe helped them and changed their lives for the better, whilst hearing new stories and also returning to the staff and learning more about them.

Overall, this was a beautiful collection of stories and I'd urge anyone to pick it up and challenge them not to enjoy it. It's even perfect to read as a standalone book.

Many thanks to the publisher for the chance to read and review this one!

After a work colleague was reading this, I was so excited to get my hands on it! The premise is a lovely idea, and an interesting one. Can someone go back in time but not actually change reality?
The stories that were chosen were strong scenarios, but I dont feel it was executed to it's full potential. It was repetitive and too slow at times for me.
I struggled with distinguishing between the characters, which may have affected my enjoyment

I had just finished the first book in this series and wasn’t ready to let the characters go so was genuinely thrilled to get an advanced readers copy of this book. And this book is as good as the first.

Simple. Beautiful. Perfect.

There is a cafe tucked away in a back alley in Tokyo which has been serving freshly brewed hot coffee for over a 100 years but this café offers its customers more than just coffee, it also offers them the opportunity to travel back in time but there are a few rules you must know first...

This sounded like the sort of book that would take you on an emotional rollercoaster... and for me,it just didn't.
It was a pleasant enough read,with an interesting storyline,but it all felt a bit surface level.
I wonder if anything was lost in translation or if I expected too much.

Sadly I found this novel to be excessively schmalzy. The narrative was too repetitive and full of exposition (the time travelling rules are repeated too often, in the same way). The characters who are involved with the cafe—such as the waitress—feel rather one-dimensional. If you like plays you might be able to enjoy this novel...otherwise, you might find it a bit redundant.