Coffeehouse Angel

By Suzanne Selfors

Book Overview

When a random act of kindness involves Katrina with Malcolm, a handsome teenage guardian angel intent on fulfilling her greatest wish, fame and fortune seem like the most obvious requests. But after... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545236878
• ISBN13: 9780545236874
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lovely story about a young girl who doesn't think she is good at anything

I loved this book, more than I expected to when I first started. It is charming, delightful and so warm at heart to watch how Katrina tries so hard to help her grandmother save her coffee shop. It is magical, mysterious and full of love and friendship. 5 stars!!

Coffeehouse Angel is an Irresistible Read!!!

Katrina is absolutely captivating. Selfors' setup showcasing Katrina's heart, soul & desires was sensational. Selfors not only delivered the goods, but made me acknowledge my own hidden aspirations. Katrina is a sweetheart & her emotions are so precise you actually experience her distress for the coffeehouse's growth & well-being. Selfors' touching prose is so authentic, you find yourself feeling powerless because you want to help keep grandma's coffeehouse afloat & you just can't jump inside the book to do it. Selfors did a topnotch undertaking describing the picturesque town & its capricious dwellers. Psst! I wanted to destroy the nefarious Java Heaven. I'll admit as much as I adored Katrina, there were times I became frustrated @ her ennui. I just wanted to shake tell her she had the capability to do things on her own ~ w/0 depending on others to come to the rescue & Selfors exhibits it effortlessly. Hats off to Selfors for this uneasy feat! Coffeehouse Angel is an irresistible read for teens, tweens & anyone in search of a tale as scrumptious as hot cocoa loaded w/ marshmallows! Quick! Grab a copy of Coffeehouse Angel & feel the magic envelop you! Check out Suzanne Selfors website! I love this cover! Thank you to the art department for doing a remarkable job casting the model ~ she definitely captures the Scandinavian essence of Katrina. The model is beautiful & I am curious to know who she is. I am also going to keep my eye out for future covers she may grace.

Like a hot cup of cocoa

Have you ever read a book that once you're finished you loved it so much that you couldn't express it in words? Well, that's how I feel right now. And, believe or not, I hate coffee. But I couldn't get enough of this novel! Ir was as sweet as drinking liquid sugar. Katrina was very real for me. I understand trying to find your talent, your "thing", and seeing everyone else around you find it so easily. I also loved Katrina and Vincent's friendship. It explored some really tough issues that guy and girl friends have to face that most authors would try to overcome by making the two characters fall in love. But Selfors really thought about the trials and triumphs of a guy-girl friendship. And Malcolm. How could you not love him? He was funny (I LOVED that he wore a kilt, and that everyone called it a skirt) and caring, and human. Even an angel has flaws and Malcom's were so very human and I loved that. I also appreciated that the novel wasn't based around Katrina's love life. There was real depth to this novel. There were plot twists that I absolutely didn't see coming but made the story so much more enjoyable! If I liked coffee, this would be that comforting cup I had every morning when I woke up. This novel is a perfect feel-good story that I'm definitely going to re-read on a snowy evening curled up with a blanket. This novel was written and told beautifully and it makes me want to find an angel of my own.

Fluffy sweet and sparkling

These days Young Adult Fiction is as popular as ever. In fact it seems that more adults read it then kids! I always see women reading these types of stories and while I do like them I don't read them often. I myself prefer horror or adventure but a cute, sweet cozy little book with lots of laugh is as refreshing and as needed as a good palate cleanser between rich dishes. Once in a while I pounce on a few of these books and once I'm done the good ones stay in my mind for a very long time. This was my first time reading Suzanne Selfors and she's really good! I'm so glad that I found a new author whose work I can now dream about. What I really loved about Coffeehouse Angel was the whole Nordic theme going on. The small town of Nordby is a pretty sweet place to live, if you like architectural folklore in your streets. There are windmills, bronze figurines, Swiss Cuckoo clocks and other fairy tale additions and what a better place for Anna's Old World Scandinavian Coffeehouse than here in all the mish mash. I would have loved to visit the place since the author made it so picturesque. Anna is the grandmother of Katrina, the selfless heroine that is a pleasure to read about. This proves that not all fictional teenagers have to be careless and selfish and inexperienced in the way of life, Katrina is a hard worker who helps out in the coffeehouse that her family has owned and pretty much keeps the energy of the whole place humming with positive vibes. When she encounters a handsome stranger and gives him some coffee and sweets since he looks like he can use them more than people who have everything they need, he wants to reward her. That's when the fun starts, Katrina gets a visit from him at her school auditorium and gets completely embarrassed as the stranger won't take no for an answer until he feels satisfied that he has rewarded her properly. He's no mere male, something special about him and his abilities makes Katrina take notice. Pretty soon things turn serious as she starts to develop feelings but with her grandmother's business being under fire from the coffee place that opened up next door she suddenly has a lot on her plate, and everything is starting to spin out of control. Growing up, trying to figure out where your heart is pulling you and trying to find out what career you want to follow is enough stress, not mentioning the funny bits added, the book will have many people laughing, I sure did. I adored the clever with and humor in the book, I was laughing out loud a lot and it was really charming, full of hot chocolate, coffee (this book made me crave it all the time) and I really liked the cuisine of Vikings that this book was full of. I highly recommend this for anyone who likes light but still rich and colorful stories.

Quick fun read for teens

Katrina works in her grandmother's coffee house. Katrina finds a homeless man in their alley and feeds him day old pastries and coffee. The man is really Malcom, a messenger angel who spends the rest of the book trying to give her her heart's desire. In the meantime, their rival "Java Heaven" (think Starbucks) is attracting their customers. Her best friend begins dating the owner of Java Heaven's daughter, and thus Katrina gets angry at him. Katrina finds herself worried about having lost her best friend, the struggling coffee shop, and dealing with her love/hate of Malcom. This is a page turner, but the suspense never made me worry. It was a delight to read. Side note: I didn't read the other novel by Suzanne Selfours.

cute teen romance

Having read and enjoyed Suzanne Selfors' "Saving Juliet," I was looking forward to her new book, "Coffeehouse Angel." If you're looking for a light, quick teen read, "Coffeehouse Angel" is every bit as frothy and sweet as your favorite coffee drink. Katrina lives with her grandmother above their coffee shop, Anna's, in the quaint town of Nordby. Katrina, a rather shy and self-conscious teenager, wonders what her special talents are - her one friend Elizabeth is a gifted artist and her other friend Vincent is an amazing swimmer. Meanwhile, Katrina just goes to school and helps out at the coffee shop, but the business is rapidly failing due to rising debt and Java Heaven, the slick new coffeehouse next door. When Katrina meets Malcolm, a messenger angel on assignment in Nordby, she mistakes him for a homeless man and offers him some food. Her kind act leads Malcolm to insist upon granting her her "true heart's desire" - but her first two wishes go awry, creating all sorts of mayhem in Katrina's life. Katrina must sort through the messes her wishes have made while coming to terms with her real heart's desire - Malcolm. It's a teen romance, so it's light, and it's clean, which is to be expected. But there was also a surprising amount of depth in "Coffeehouse Angel" - themes of forgiveness and living life to the fullest arise in a way that is thoughtful but not cloying or preachy. Katrina does a fair amount of growing up by the story's end and readers will be cheering her on each step of the way. Definitely a good read and recommended.