Legends and Lattes, by Travis Baldree

I had never heard of the cozy fantasy genre before – think Lord of the Rings meets Gilmore Girls. This book is a low-stakes tale about an Orc warrior named Viv who opens a coffee shop. She interacts with the townfolk, she makes coffee, she hires a rat-creature named Thimble who makes pastries…and that’s about it. There is some mild drama (the Orc has a past!) but this is as easy-breezy as fantasy books get. 

I read this during a very stressful winter, and stressful winter is the perfect time to dig into a cozy fantasy book. Will I read more cozy fantasy books? I don’t know. But if things get too crazy in the real world, and I need an escape hatch, I’m glad the genre exists. 

Now excuse me as I try my hand at writing novels in these soon-to-be iconic genres:

-Cozy Cyberpunk 

-Cozy Terms and Conditions

-Cozy Nautical Techno-Western

-Cozy Kink

-Cozy Splattercore 

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