Review: Legends & Lattes

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

"High fantasy and low stakes," the ad campaign says? Well, you know what? It's pretty accurate a summary of the style of this book, but so is the fact that, like a coffeehouse ought to be, it's a cozy and comforting kind of read. We start with Viv the orc coming off a pretty intense battle, but she's finally realized that there's gotta be more in this life, and so she decides to take up a whole new vocation. As it happens, there's a vacant building, and a hot bean juice invented by the gnomes, and a few eager job applicants (among them the lovely succubus Tandri), and a particularly inventive way of describing what's so mainstream to us the readers in a way to appeal to the denizens of this fantasy world. Again, comfort food - and for that, I'm absolutely not surprised that this book lives up to its pretty strong hype.

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