{"id":7025,"date":"2025-11-14T08:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=7025"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:59:00","slug":"book-review-legends-and-lattes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=7025","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Legends and Lattes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Legends and Lattes, by Travis Baldree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had never heard of the cozy fantasy genre before \u2013 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\u2026and that\u2019s about it. There is some mild drama (the Orc has a past!) but this is as easy-breezy as fantasy books get. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019t know. But if things get too crazy in the real world, and I need an escape hatch, I\u2019m glad the genre exists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now excuse me as I try my hand at writing novels in these soon-to-be iconic genres:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Cozy Cyberpunk\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Cozy Terms and Conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Cozy Nautical Techno-Western<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Cozy Kink<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Cozy Splattercore\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Help spread the magic of reading and donate to my Reading is Fundamental campaign! Click here to donate!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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