"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree

[Lynn McGuire]

"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree
https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Lattes-Travis-Baldree/dp/1250886082/

Book number one of a three book fantasy series. I read the well printed
and well bound trade paperback published by Tor in 2022 that I bought on
Big River. I have ordered the second book in the series.

Viv is an orc who has been a mercenary for 22 years. She has been in a
small band of mercenaries who fight, apprehend, and do just about
anything for hire. Now she is going to start a coffee shop with her
hard won savings in a small town that does not know what coffee is. But
first she has to build the coffee shop.

Seanan McGuire says: "This is a story about following your dreams, even
when they take you away from who you thought you had to be. It's sweet,
beautiful and, most of all, kind. I hugely recommend this book."

My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (24,713 reviews)

Lynn

[BillGill]

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree
   https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Lattes-Travis-Baldree/dp/1250886082/
Book number one of a three book fantasy series.  I read the well printed
and well bound trade paperback published by Tor in 2022 that I bought on
Big River.  I have ordered the second book in the series.
Viv is an orc who has been a mercenary for 22 years.  She has been in a
small band of mercenaries who fight, apprehend, and do just about
anything for hire.  Now she is going to start a coffee shop with her
hard won savings in a small town that does not know what coffee is.  But
first she has to build the coffee shop.
Seanan McGuire says: "This is a story about following your dreams, even
when they take you away from who you thought you had to be.  It's sweet,
beautiful and, most of all, kind.  I hugely recommend this book."
My rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.6 out of 5 stars (24,713 reviews)
Lynn

Agreed. I really enjoyed this book.

Bill

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Post by Lynn McGuire
"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree
Book number one of a three book fantasy series. I read the well
printed and well bound trade paperback published by Tor in 2022 that
I bought on Big River. I have ordered the second book in the series.

I have read the second book, Bookshops & Bonedust, which is actually a
prequel set well before this one. I have not decided about continuing.


Brian

[Scott Dorsey]

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Post by Lynn McGuire
"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree
Book number one of a three book fantasy series. I read the well
printed and well bound trade paperback published by Tor in 2022 that
I bought on Big River. I have ordered the second book in the series.

I have read the second book, Bookshops & Bonedust, which is actually a
prequel set well before this one. I have not decided about continuing.

I thought Legends and Lattes was silly fluff, but I enjoyed it. I felt bad
voting for it for the Hugos because I don't think silly fluff should be
in the Hugos, but I voted for it anyway because I liked it a lot more than
anything else running against it. It made me smile more than once.

I read Bookshops and Bonedust because there was a copy sitting around at
a friend's house and it was more of the same. Which is really more than
I needed at the time.
--scott

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Post by Scott Dorsey

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I have read the second book, Bookshops & Bonedust, which is
actually a prequel set well before this one. I have not decided
about continuing.

I thought Legends and Lattes was silly fluff, but I enjoyed it. I
felt bad voting for it for the Hugos because I don't think silly
fluff should be in the Hugos, but I voted for it anyway because I
liked it a lot more than anything else running against it. It made
me smile more than once.
I read Bookshops and Bonedust because there was a copy sitting around
at a friend's house and it was more of the same. Which is really
more than I needed at the time.

Yeah, I was not moved to get the first book, although it's available
from the library. I might or might not at another time. It's not really
my usual sort of thing, although it's good to mix it up on occasion.


Brian

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Scott Dorsey

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Post by Lynn McGuire
"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree
Book number one of a three book fantasy series. I read the well
printed and well bound trade paperback published by Tor in 2022 that
I bought on Big River. I have ordered the second book in the series.

I have read the second book, Bookshops & Bonedust, which is actually a
prequel set well before this one. I have not decided about continuing.

I thought Legends and Lattes was silly fluff, but I enjoyed it. I felt bad
voting for it for the Hugos because I don't think silly fluff should be
in the Hugos, but I voted for it anyway because I liked it a lot more than
anything else running against it. It made me smile more than once.
I read Bookshops and Bonedust because there was a copy sitting around at
a friend's house and it was more of the same. Which is really more than
I needed at the time.
--scott

L&L stayed in my SBR for a year before I got to it. Once started, I
ripped though it in a day or so. A pretty good story and that is what
books are about.

Lynn