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A review by readwithacoffee
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Well this was just a warm hug in a book and it was just the lighthearted fantasy that everyone in the buddy read needed I think.
It follows the main character Viv, as she quits her previous barbaric life to open a coffee shop and settle down in one place. However, nobody has ever heard of coffee before. So she goes about finding people to hire, help build and serve and bake etc.
There is a gorgeous simplicity to this book in the way that coffee, cinnamon rolls and other delicious bakes are described as they are smelt and tasted for the first time. It really made me stop and taste my coffee as I was reading it. I love that about this book and one of my resolutions this year was to appreciate the little everyday things and this definitely fits with that.
Whilst there are events that happen throughout, I won't say what they are as that would be a spoiler as not much else goes on really but through these events, trials and tribulations as a coffee shop owner (and as the past catches up to her), Viv gains a sweet heartwarming found family by the end and personally I think that made it for me.
It follows the main character Viv, as she quits her previous barbaric life to open a coffee shop and settle down in one place. However, nobody has ever heard of coffee before. So she goes about finding people to hire, help build and serve and bake etc.
There is a gorgeous simplicity to this book in the way that coffee, cinnamon rolls and other delicious bakes are described as they are smelt and tasted for the first time. It really made me stop and taste my coffee as I was reading it. I love that about this book and one of my resolutions this year was to appreciate the little everyday things and this definitely fits with that.
Whilst there are events that happen throughout, I won't say what they are as that would be a spoiler as not much else goes on really but through these events, trials and tribulations as a coffee shop owner (and as the past catches up to her), Viv gains a sweet heartwarming found family by the end and personally I think that made it for me.