Will Viv be able to ward off the local gang? And can she stop one of her ex-mercenary friends from taking the magical stone for themselves? Like those books, Lattes may have all the creature comforts, but there is trepidation underneath. Food and drink play a significant role and it reminded me of the classic food sequences in Brian Jacque’s Redwall books. This is a comforting book and Baldree takes time to enjoy the atmosphere and the characters. As the book progresses, they become more like a family. All these unlikely allies are perfect to make the coffee shop work. To guarantee success, she buries a magic stone under the café, but is it the magic or her that is making things work? Viv soon surrounds herself with colleagues that soon become fast friends and, in one case, more.

One of main thrusts of the book is whether Viv believes she deserves to be happy after so many violent years.

Viv is not battling monsters but battling how to set up a café and get customers to pay for drinks. Fighting a dragon with a magic sword – less likely. Reading about an entrepreneur opening a new business is something I could do. That is not to say that the stakes do not exist, but they are more relatable.

Lattes is sold as high fantasy, low stakes and that is the perfect description. How will a violent looking Orc with no experience succeed in selling a drink no one has ever heard of? A splash of magic and a little help from her friends may just do the job. Viv has had enough and after one last job has settled in Thune to open the city’s very first coffee shop. Along with her band of rogues they killed menacing creatures, assassinated annoying leaders, and murdered and pillaged the land. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree is perfect for just that.įor over 20 years Viv the Orc made a living doing the grisly jobs no one else wanted to do. Sometimes you just want to sit down with a nice hot coffee and read something a little more joyous. The heroes on the run from a darkness they cannot fathom, or a fellowship were hardly anyone can be trusted. As a genre fantasy can often feel epic, but also stressful. What is Comfy Fantasy? It is a new name for the type of fantasy that does not have you on edge all the time.

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