Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all having a good week so far. Today I’m posting my review of Travis Baldree’s novel, Legends & Lattes.

Legends & Lattes by: Travis Baldree: Viv is an orc who is tired of the life she’s lived and is looking to hang up her sword for good. Starting anew, she has the hopes of opening up the first ever coffee shop in Thune, a place where no one has ever even heard of coffee. Viv takes on the challenge, but old enemies stand in the way and new rivals make her dreams a hard reality. This was such a cute, cozy fantasy. It was a lot of fun to read with such an intriguing concept for a plot. If you love fantasy and coffee, this feels like the perfect match. This novel was short and the stakes were pretty low, so it was enjoyable to dive in and be immersed in this world. The plot wasn’t very fast-paced. The beginning was quite slow as we learned who the characters were and we learned of the town, but the second half moved a lot more quickly, as that’s when we got some conflict. It felt balanced though because once we got a grip and sense of the people and the place, the conflict made sense and felt earned, instead of diving right into it. The reader liked all of the characters, they all had very interesting and distinct personalities that were hard to ignore. The quiet slow-burn relationship Baldree created for the two main characters was so good. It’s so subtle at first, but slowly started to unravel as the plot continued to pick up. Then the way this ended, it felt so perfect and was just the right amount of cuteness that it didn’t feel overwhelming, overdone or underwhelming. The writing was very engrossing that it just engulfed the reader, keeping them in the world and fixated on it. The reader is really curious about the prequel and what that entails; if it’s just as good as this story, the reader can’t wait.