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adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Medical content
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
It was lovely to get some pre-history on Viv before Legends and Lattes! It was very sweet and soft.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying
For the Animal death, its related to wild non-earth-like creatures. The Animal cruelty is short, and treated as unexpected cruelty by the non-animal beings who saw it.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
.25 is just for Satchel! Love him so much <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a very enjoyable prequel to Legends & Lattes. In fact, I actually enjoyed it more than L&L, because while the cozy vibes of that book were great, I am not actually a coffee drinker and don't have a special love of coffee shops... but bookstores are life! I also felt like this book relied a little less on the concept of "let's have my fantasy character recreate things almost exactly as they exist in real-life", and that the non-bookshop conflict had a little more OOMPH.
But just like L&L, this book has cozy vibes, loveable side characters, and a tough orcish heroine with a heart of gold and big biceps.
But just like L&L, this book has cozy vibes, loveable side characters, and a tough orcish heroine with a heart of gold and big biceps.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Violence
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Violence
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a cute world!! Tears during the epilogue, and I hope we get the second book in this world, to complete the crossover!!
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is a slightly bloodier (but still very cozy) prequel to LEGENDS & LATTES. Viv is an orc warrior, wounded in the leg just as she's starting out her career with Rackam's Ravens. She spends the summer recuperating from an injury in a seaside town named Murk, helping a local bookseller turn her shop around, and getting to know the cute dwarven baker down the street. It’s a story about finding joy and meaning and impermanence, appreciating something good even when you know it won’t last forever.
BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is an unabashed love letter to books, bookshops, and booksellers helping the local bookseller get out of a rut and fix up her store. Viv is recuperating from a leg injury which sidelines her while the Ravens go after a necromancer. She hates being left out of the action and forced to slow down, but starts to feel the benefits as her forced rest continues, discovering an interest in reading.
As a prequel, BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST helps to explain why Viv would want to start a coffee shop when her adventuring is done, something Legends & Lattes didn’t dwell on in any detail because that wasn't the focus of its story. This can be read before, after, or completely separately from the first book, though the epilogue takes place after Legends & Lattes and contains minor spoilers.
BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is an unabashed love letter to books, bookshops, and booksellers helping the local bookseller get out of a rut and fix up her store. Viv is recuperating from a leg injury which sidelines her while the Ravens go after a necromancer. She hates being left out of the action and forced to slow down, but starts to feel the benefits as her forced rest continues, discovering an interest in reading.
As a prequel, BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST helps to explain why Viv would want to start a coffee shop when her adventuring is done, something Legends & Lattes didn’t dwell on in any detail because that wasn't the focus of its story. This can be read before, after, or completely separately from the first book, though the epilogue takes place after Legends & Lattes and contains minor spoilers.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Racism, Slavery