MY RATING:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

Synopsis:

The perfect cozy, romantic fantasy BESTSELLER for fans of Gilmore Girls and dragons!

When Saphira opens her cafe welcoming pet baby dragons, she isn’t expecting it to be quite so hard to keep the fires burning. But her young dragon patrons keep incinerating her furniture, which means selling coffee isn’t covering all her costs.

Read More:

Local heart-throb Aiden is a gardener, though his disobedient baby dragon is a major distraction from his beloved plants. However, Saphira’s café gives him an idea – he’ll ask Saphira to train his dragon, and pay her enough to keep the cafe afloat.

They know they’re the answer to each other’s problems, but happy-go-lucky Saphira and gorgeous-but-grumpy Aiden couldn’t be more different. Can they find a way to work together – and maybe even ignite some fire of their own?

The perfect dual POV, grumpy sunshine cozy fantasy, with HEA guaranteed!


  • Pages: 317
  • Genre: Cosy Fantasy, Romantasy
  • Publication date: January 16, 2025 by Avon
  • Format: Paperback, Kindle, Hardcover, Audiobook
  • Source: Owned

PURCHASE LINKS:
AMAZON

BARNES & NOBLE
KOBO


REVIEW:

My plan was to read this book last year when it came out, but plans changed, and I couldn’t. So now, I have decided to tackle my TBR!

This was a quick, cosy read indeed, but there wasn’t anything exciting going on. I loved the dragons and the idea behind the cafe. The FMC really pissed me off with what she decided to do towards the end, and it played a huge part in why I rated it the way I did.

I found it repetitive, and I would have liked it more if Aiden’s family were actually not nice. It would have added more interest to the whole plot. His family was portrayed as some sort of evil lords, LOL, and we got none of that. I feel disappointed. It was a letdown in a way, and it feels like the author wanted to go that way but suddenly remembered this is supposed to be a cosy fantasy and changed course.

It was not awful, just left me disappointed, and the whole thing of not belonging and having to prove oneself felt so prolonged and overused, it just irked me.

Not fond of the main characters either, I was more interested in Aiden’s brother and Saphira’s mother, which I hope we get to know more of in the next book. The romance was meh.

Overall, 2.5 stars, will continue with the other books.

5 responses to “REVIEW: THE BABY DRAGON CAFÉ #1 BY AAMNA QURESHI”

  1. I had similar feelings about this one! The repetition drove me crazy, and it felt like nothing happened until the end when suddenly EVERYTHING happened very quickly.

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    1. So glad I am not the only one! Same, it was very repetitive and then BOOM! I am still curious to see if the next book will be better.

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  2. marleneharris avatar
    marleneharris

    I had the same reaction you did. The concept was so cool, the actual book in hand a bit less so. I’ve got the rest of the series but haven’t been in the right mood to pick up another one – and I’m not exactly sure what that mood is, either.

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    1. I am really glad I am not alone in this one, because the hype about this book was so big! The idea was so cute, and I had high hopes for it, but it was a disappointment. Maybe the next books will be better, who knows? I hope that we will enjoy them more whenever we decide to pick them up 🙂

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