Bookshops & Bonedust

(Legends & Lattes #0)

eBook

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2023 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
9781250886101
5 stars (3 reviews)

Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.

Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.

What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?

Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.

Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.

13 editions

Easy, Cosy, Enjoyable - Sometimes That's Enough

4 stars

I've not read "Legends & Lattes", so I'm coming in cold to this universe.

This is a story about relationships, frustrations, getting over hurdles and healing. There's a story going on, but you're going to spend time invested in people, taking in the sea air and reading about books. You like books, right? Well, this is a book about books and bookshops, so you're in the right place.

This is the kind of book you can pick up when you've been beaten up a little bit and need something easy that's not too challenging, but can make you smile a bit, cry a bit and feel better about the world. It's queer, it's fun, and did I mention it has books?

It's about being left behind, finding new things, helping others, finding things your good at, a bit more of helping others, a bit of high fantasy and adventure (not …

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5 stars