Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

No can deny that pie is magic, but in this book, pies are literal magic: anyone who eats the fruit pies at the Blackbird Café will receive messages from their long-lost loved ones, thanks to the blackbirds who arrive at midnight and sing their dreams.

I adore the touch of magical realism in this gentle novel, and I can never read it without wanting a slice of pie and a glass of blackberry sweet tea. There’s something so quintessentially summery and wholesome about this book that you can practically taste it as you turn the pages.

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe has just enough magical realism to spark your imagination.

You’ll never look at a bird the same way again. Anna Kate will only inherit the little cafe her Granny Zee owned if she works there for two months. Granny knew what was best for her granddaughter–that she couldn’t keep running from her family forever.

There’s romance, there’s mystery, and there’s blackbird pie. It’s a small-town family saga that will keep you rooting for Anna Kate and wondering if you’ve been paying close enough attention to your deceased loved ones.

I love a good redemption story and seeing the proof that healing is possible.

The charming story and heartwarming characters frame a narrative tangled together by old secrets in a Southern town brimming with magic, love, and forgiveness.

Toss in a heaping plate of homemade pie and sweets, and this imaginative, genuine story enchants me again and again.