Coffeehouse Angel

Living in a time in which showing that one cares, is something many people strive to live by. Coffeehouse Angel is a fantastic book to get anyone in the mood to give back during the upcoming holiday season.

Filled to the brim with a rather unique and inspiring storyline, the main character, Katrina, immediately demonstrates an act of kindness in the first few pages of the book.  She helps a “homeless” man lying amongst the oddments in an alleyway along the side of her grandmother’s coffeehouse.

Immediately, the man attempts to repay her for her act of kindness but Katrina repeatedly mentions that she does not need anything in return. What she doesn’t know is that he has a secret which requires him to give someone that helps him something in return.

As the story progresses, Katrina’s random acts of kindness begin to pay off, but also begin to throw some curve balls her way. Just as things begin to look up, there is always something that has to get in the way.

Now the alleged homeless man is everywhere she turns, and begins to put her in some rather sticky situations. In the end, it takes a major disaster to strike in order for Katrina to put her best foot forward and prevail.

This story is full of courage and funny situations but also, the message is better than that of any book I have read. No matter what the time of the year is and no matter what one has heard, helping someone could be the best thing one could ever do. Whether it includes giving a homeless person spare change, or leftover food from a lunch that may end up being stuck in the fridge for later.

It’s books like these that are generally overlooked because they may be deemed as cheesy, but in this case, the cheesiest books are the best books. As opposed to the pop fluff written in books these days, I genuinely recommend this book to anyone searching for a laugh, but also an underlying message to make everyone feel a little brighter and maybe find an angel.