Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was just the story I didn’t know I needed. What a concept: cozy fantasy.
Despite it’s mild facade Legends & Lattes actually deals with some very interesting and serious issues such as self-acceptance, the power of kindness and love, and the breaking of some very solidly set stereotypes. I loved that the whole story seems to fight against the common concept of strength. Here the orc wants nothing to do with violence and the succubus refuses to use her powers. Instead they resolve most problems with a wonderful mug of coffee and a tasty pastry. Can’t beat that.
Between Thimble, Cal, Tendri, Viv, the old Gnome who plays chess with himself, and the dire cat, Amity there are no lack of great, well-developed, and whimsical characters to make you smile.
I listened to the audio book read by the author himself and it just hit the spot. Highly, highly recommend it.
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