ARC was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Cover art illustrated by: Carson Lowmiller
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Standalone
Genre: Fantasy, Slice-of-Life
Pages: 318 pages (Kindle Edition)
Published: 22nd February 2022 by Cryptid Press (Self-Published)
Legends and Lattes is the wholesome and cozy fantasy you didn’t know you need.
For those of you who don’t know, Travis Baldree has been well known for his role as the audiobook narrator behind Will Wight’s Cradle series. And many other series, really. Legends and Lattes is his debut novel, and I do think Baldree should now be known for his fantasy novel, too. I wouldn’t have known about Legends and Lattes if it weren’t for Twitter. Most of you probably know already, almost all of my favorite novels and stories are intense, emotional, dark, and serious in tone. But I do love slice-of-life as a genre as well. When I saw the cover art—illustrated by Carson Lowmiller—to Legends and Lattes on Twitter, with the premise indicating this is a high fantasy novel with low stakes, I knew I couldn’t go wrong with my expectations entering this book. I knew immediately I should read this when I’m in the mood for something short, cozy, and wholesome. Despite loving slice-of-life in other storytelling mediums such as manga, anime, and TV shows, I seem to struggle to find a terrific slice-of-life fantasy novel. But I got what I wanted here. Legends and Lattes is the slice-of-life fantasy novel I craved and received. …
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