Spoiler-Free Review: Before The Coffee Gets Cold

Author: Toshika Kawaguchi

Local legend tells of a coffee shop. If you sit in a particular seat and order a particular coffee, you can time travel to the past. The catch? There are two: 1) You can’t change the past. 2) you only have until the coffee gets cold.

Nothing will change the past, but YOU can change. Only enough time for a conversation, but maybe you can finally make yourself understood by someone who matters to you.

This is an anthology of interconnecting short stories about the staff and regulars of this strange little coffee shop. It’s about how using this strange time travel changes their lives, not by changing their past, but by changing their understanding of the past… and empowering them to change their future.

This is the first in a series of books about the coffee shop, and I eagerly look forward to reading more!