Wonderful characters in a small southern town with secrets and gossip galore! And some kind of magical thing going on. If I had the book I would have finished it in a day!!!! Can't wait to buy the book and read what happens next. Every chapter brought out something and someone new and that in itself lured me to more questions about where the story may be going. I like the story Anna Kate is remembering that her Grandmother Zee had told her about the blackbirds. And that seems to be part of the magic that surrounds the cafe and the people of this small town as well as their strength and desire to hold this wallowing town together by keeping open the Blackbird Cafe. However, I don't believe it's just that....it's also the relationships of these people that I was just beginning to know!