Book Review - The Time Hop Coffee Shop by Phaedra Patrick

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Title: The Time Hop Coffee Shop

Author: Phaedra Patrick

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: 25th September 2025

Publication Date: Aria

Rating: 3 Stars

Welcome to the Time Hop Coffee Shop, where wishes can come true . . .

Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now, fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daughter has become distant, and Greta's once-glittering career feels like a distant memory.

So when Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop, serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past Maple Gold commercials. Next thing she knows, Greta wakes in the idyllic, make-believe town of Mapleville, where the sun always shines and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and second chances fill the air. Given the opportunity to live the life she dreamed, Greta is determined to rewrite her own script. But can life ever be like a coffee commercial? And what will happen when Greta has to choose – between perfection and real life, with no turning back?

Well this was a little different, although I should have known from the title. 

Greta is a struggling actress, her marriage is falling apart and her teenage daughter doesn't seem to like her that much, and Greta seems disconnected from her reality.  She wishes for the glory days of when as a family they were the faces of Maple Gold coffee. 

But then she happens across a coffee shop that has a set list of rules as to how often and what to do while drinking their specially made individual blend, and things get a bit weird. 

For whenever she has a cup of coffee there, she ends up in Mapleville which is fictional but gives Greta a taste of what a perfect life would be like. 

With this hint of magical realism, it gives us essentially two time lines, Greta's real and "other real" lives, and leads to her making big decisions, 

This was enjoyable, but to my eyes just isn't as great as the authors previous books. I liked the book, but didn't find it grabbed me, and I just didn't feel overly connected to any of the characters. 

Definitely more of a me issue than with the book I think. 

Thank you to Aria and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.