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A review by maddy707
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
4.0
Pros
Great high fantasy world building from the very beginning. Although the story doesn't focus on the town much, a cozy, high fantasy environment is still built up well, especially with Viv's coffee shop. I hope this will be expanded upon in the prequel.
The plot is simplistic but written in such a charming way. I could read 100s of pages of Viv, Tandri and Thimble working at the coffee shop. It was my favourite part of the story. I loved the gradual build up. No part of it felt too rushed or unbelievable.
I loved all the characters. Thimble was my favourite. I particular like that the main character suffers from backpain (I do as well).
Cons
I wish the romance was built up more/more prominent. Although I liked what we got, this book barely counts as having a romance element. Personally I didn't feel that Viv and Tandri had much of a romantic chemistry/connection. I wish the LGBTQ+ representation was pushed more as well between the 2 characters.
The magic was a bit confusing to understand. Though I think this is from my lack of understanding of D&D. The magic wasn't very important so this didn't bother me much.
The "conflict" with the Madrigal was mostly useless. I'd rather have that time spent towards building Fennus as the villain. Luckily the time wasn't completely useless as they helped with the reconstruction.
Great high fantasy world building from the very beginning. Although the story doesn't focus on the town much, a cozy, high fantasy environment is still built up well, especially with Viv's coffee shop. I hope this will be expanded upon in the prequel.
The plot is simplistic but written in such a charming way. I could read 100s of pages of Viv, Tandri and Thimble working at the coffee shop. It was my favourite part of the story. I loved the gradual build up. No part of it felt too rushed or unbelievable.
I loved all the characters. Thimble was my favourite. I particular like that the main character suffers from backpain (I do as well).
Cons
I wish the romance was built up more/more prominent. Although I liked what we got, this book barely counts as having a romance element. Personally I didn't feel that Viv and Tandri had much of a romantic chemistry/connection. I wish the LGBTQ+ representation was pushed more as well between the 2 characters.
The magic was a bit confusing to understand. Though I think this is from my lack of understanding of D&D. The magic wasn't very important so this didn't bother me much.
The "conflict" with the Madrigal was mostly useless. I'd rather have that time spent towards building Fennus as the villain. Luckily the time wasn't completely useless as they helped with the reconstruction.