Legends and Lattes – Cannonball Read 17

“After 10 centuries of doing this, do you want to know what’s really exciting?” Fern nodded. “Dry socks.”

Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree

August 20, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed this. It’s nice that Travis Baldree is also a voice actor, because he really brings his words to life on the audiobook. I enjoyed the focus on Fern and her accidental road trip. Zil the goblin is a delightfully chaotic entry to the Legends & Lattes universe. Asterix the Oathmaiden keeps everyone grounded while bringing the sword wielding adventure. If you recall, in the Legends & Lattes prequel, Bookshops & Bonedust, Viv made friends with Fern, a bookseller in Murk, where […]

A Destined Cadre Makes a Delightfully Breezy Read

Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree

April 3, 2023 by Flimflamingo 2 Comments

Legends & Lattes is a perfectly delightful book. I read it because it had been described as such and, you know what, it delivers in that respect. What’s this book like? If you can see the cover art, then that’s it. That’s exactly what it’s like. No one could have designed a better, more fitting cover for it. Truly, dear cover artist and designer: Job well done! I guess the best way I can review this book is to say, the day after we watched Dungeons & […]

One of my favourite book club picks of the year

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

December 31, 2022 by Malin 4 Comments

Viv the orc barbarian has had enough of the adventuring life and leaves her band of fellow warriors after one last battle with a particularly challenging monster. Instead of fighting, she dreams of taking all her savings and putting them towards a business of her own. In the city of Thune, she plans to open a cozy little shop, selling something called coffee. Turning a worn-down livery stable into a pleasant café isn’t exactly something Viv’s warrior training prepared her for, but she manages to […]

Quadruple Cannonballing with the coziest fantasy of the year.

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

December 5, 2022 by narfna 3 Comments

This was a one-sitting read that I was forced to read in multiple sittings. There is nothing MINDBLOWING about this book, but I also couldn’t think of a reason NOT to give it five stars. It made me feel cozy and warm, and it was extremely satisfying. High ratings absolutely deserved, glad it was picked up by Tor (I think officially it’s being published 11/8/22 but I managed to snag a Cryptid Press edition before it went out of print). I have no idea if […]

The Treasure Really Was the Friends We Made – Update

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

July 17, 2022 by Emmalita 4 Comments

I really needed Legends and Lattes last night. It’s a gently domestic fantasy about an Orc who retires from the mercenary life to open a café. It asserts in the very best way that the true treasure is the friends we make along the way. It’s a hug. It’s a cuddle. It’s the smell of coffee and cinnamon, and the rumbling purr of a cat. Viv is ready to hang up her sword. She wants to spend the rest of her life serving coffee, a […]

a quirky little book that was recommended by a few people

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

June 22, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

This is like, a cozy coffeeshop AU for a fantasy series that doesn’t exist. Everyone who told me about this book called it super low-stakes, and while I can’t say I entirely agree, this is definitely a book for when you’re a bit tired of *everything* and want to cuddle up. And to be fair–life isn’t ever low stakes. A slice of life book is going to have the same stakes as life. Onto the novel! As people have blurbed, our main character Viv the […]

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