#legends & lattes

[turquoisemagpie]

Legends and Lattes.

(Such a cozy book by @travisbaldree . I highly suggest it.)

#magpie sketches #legends and lattes

[torpublishinggroup]

This advertisement is for Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, a high fantasy adventure of first love and secondhand books set prior to the events of New York Times bestseller Legends & Lattes.

The art featured in this image is by Samantha Petrie. 

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going super great. When she suffers a dread injury during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, the Ravens pack her off for some obligatory and undesired R&R. 

The sleepy beach town of Murk is relaxing, but so far from anything resembling excitement or action that she worries she’ll never get back in the game. But then this down-on-her-luck soldier of fortune starts whiling away her many free hours at a beleaguered bookshop and in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor. 

We don’t always know what we need, or which small choices change the paths of our lives. 

And adventure isn’t so far from Murk as Viv thinks! A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons would like a word.

#tor books #bookshops & bonedust #legends & lattes #travis baldree #cozy #cozy fantasy #fantasy #cozycore #new books #tbr #booklr #eerie & cute #samantha petrie

[rosiethorns88]

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish voted on by my lovely Patreons for June! A cozy scene from Legends & Lattes (by @travis_baldree), featuring Viv and Tandri trying out Thimble's scrumptious Cinnamon Roll! If you missed it, reading this book for this SAW prompted me to make my own Cinnamon Rolls from scratch (for research, of course!) I have a highlight of these shenanigans on my Instagram. 😂 Are we excited for the Bookshops & Bonedust prequel? 🔥

#legends and lattes #legends & lattes #viv and tandri #thimble #travis baldree #finer tastes for the working gent and lady #my art

[ilibra]

Have a bunch of cute little chibis that I drew for Dazzling Bookish Shop! These are all designs for acrylic charms included in their monthly subscription (and sometimes their special editions!)

In order the books are: Wolfsong, Ravensong, Cemetery Boys, The Sunbearer Trials, All That's Left in the World, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Icebreaker, AFTG, Gideon the Ninth, The Charm Offensive, The Darkness Outside Us and Legend & Lattes ♥

#aftg #wolfsong #cemetery boys #gideon the ninth #the charm offensive #ravensong #the sunbearer trials #the darkness outside us #legends and lattes #all for the game #all that's left in the world #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #icebreaker #book art #book fanart #queer books #libra summers #chibi art #lgbtq

[bdazzlebooklover]

I love this series by Travis Baldree. Cozy fantasy at it's best.

#books #booklover #travis baldree #legends and lattes #bookshops and bonedust #library #bibliophile

[fluorescencefuture]

familiar colors

#Pokemon #Pokemon Legends #Pokemon Legends Arceus #legends and lattes #submas #Warden Ingo #Subway Boss Emmet #nobori #kudari #Zoroark #Hisuian Zoroark #comic #4koma #my art

[asexualbookbird]

I finished Legends and Lattes and I am obsessed with this little guy

#bookbird babbles #doing the art thing #legends and lattes #thimble #legends and lattes thimble #snapshots

[lynnbutlertron]

who put these nerds in charge of protecting the glade of dreams......

#THEYRE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING A HEART BTW. IF YOU CANT TELL #i drew this in a cafe while hyped up on a gingerbread latte IT WAS SO FUN #doodles #rayman #rayman fanart #globox #murfy #murphy #IDK how you spell his name #rayman legends #rayman origins

[fahye]

a note on 'high heat, low stakes'

it's been interesting already seeing people react to 'low stakes' as part of the tagline and as a selling point for swordcrossed, because in this particular context it does NOT mean 'no conflict, no angst, all fluff'.

it's signalling expectations for where this particular book falls in the marketing category of romantasy.

low stakes for romantasy means that there are no fates of nations or armies or the very nature of magic hanging in the balance here. nobody is the crown prince of anywhere or a magical assassin sent to kill them. this is a romance novel about falling in love with your wedding vendor and trying to make it in the wool industry. there's conflict. there's angst. there's intrigue. there is fantasy worldbuilding. there are even sword fights!

the stakes for the characters involved feel monumental and very personal.

however, the stakes for the world as a whole are.......low.

which will mean it won't appeal at all to some readers, and some other readers will say THIS SOUNDS LIKE EXACTLY MY CUP OF TEA, THANK YOU, and that means - hopefully! - there's less chance of someone picking it up and getting a very different sort of book to what they expected, and being disappointed.

(if they manage to not expect the explicit sex scenes with that cover design, my existing reputation, and the words 'high heat'... well, we can chalk that one up to a failure to Read the Clues.)

#swordcrossed #as for COZY as a descriptor #I'm never sure of the scale here #but let's say #MORE cozy than a marvellous light #LESS cozy than legends and lattes

[travisbaldree]

Why not I guess.

#legends and lattes

[skygemspeaks]

Hello happy pride month, here are some sweet and relatively low-stakes queer reads for you:

Cursed Cocktails by SL Rowland - a blood mage retires after decades of fighting to protect his people, and moves to a small coastal town where the heat will be good for his chronic pain. He opens a cocktail bar and maybe falls in love with his business partner.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - case worker has to investigate a group home of very powerful magical orphans. One of them is the antichrist. He tries not to lose his mind. Finds love (platonic and romantic) along the way

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree - badass orc barbarian decides to retire from her life of fighting and opens a cafe in a town where no one has heard of coffee before. Finds a family along the way.

A Rival Most Vial by RK Ashwick - two rival potion shop owners who hate everything about each other find out they have to work together on a potion for the mayor. Find out that maybe they don't hate each other that much after all. Oh and there's a found family in there somewhere.

#book talk #booklr #book recs #cozy fantasy #legends and lattes #travis baldree #cursed cocktails #sl rowland #the house in the cerulean sea #tj klune #a rival most vial #rk ashwick #queer #pride

[shy-sapphic-ace]

List of queer books I read, loved & recommend!

(There isn't any particular order, I wrote these as I remembered them)

Master Of One - Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett (mlm, fantasy, very cool worldbuilding and magic system, funny, cool characters)

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (wlw, fantasy, very soft & chill vibes)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw, high fantasy, cool worldbuilding, kinda reminds me of LOTR but with more dragons and feminism and lesbians)

Even Though I Knew The End - C.L. Polk (wlw, supernatural noir, cool 1930s detective story with angels & demons, I loved this one!)

The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich (mlm, science fiction, very cool concept)

The Darkest Part Of The Forest - Holly Black (side mlm, fantasy, cool fae lore)

The Weight Of The Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw, not quite science fiction but space stuff is involved, lovely and complex characters)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (mlm, fiction, very nice in general, there is also a sequel)

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee (mlm, historical and vaguely fantasy, nice story but I preferred the sequel honestly)

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (wlw, the sequel to the one before, more fantasy elements than the first, asexual main character!!)

Gallant - V.E. Schwab (no romance, but in the background one of the characters(?) uses they/them pronouns, very cool dark fantasy vibe)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (gay main character, trans main character, coming-of-age, nice book)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (yes it's the Love, Simon book, mlm, fiction, pretty nice)

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm, sci-fi ish but mostly fiction, cool ideas, but the ending is sad! Very amazing book though, I haven't read the prequel yet)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw, bi main character, historical fiction, cool story, just a neat book in general)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (wlw, sci-fi, very cool time travel stuff!! and very beautiful, it felt like reading poetry most of the time)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston (wlw, background trans & pan & queer characters, sci-fi or fantasy idk, but time travel, I loooved this book, great)

The House In The Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, THIS BOOK oh my gosh you should read it!!, just cute and lovely and good)

Under The Whispering Door - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, this book is also sooo amazing, great character development and awesome relationships and stuff, it's been a while since I read it but it was so good)

And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore (nblm, fiction, about gender identity and learning to love yourself, read it a while ago but it was very nice)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nblm, fiction, about finding your identity and people who care about you, very cute and sweet)

The Song Of Achilles - Madeleine Miller (mlm, historical, very good in general)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm, background wlw in the third book, fantasy, it's a trilogy, basically Harry Potter if it was gay and also better)

Silver In The Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm, fantasy, very pretty, lots of fae stuff and lovely descriptions, it has a really good sequel too)

Pretty much anything by Alice Oseman (all cute and lovely and great, though I've only read Radio Silence so far I hear only good things, Solitaire is on my to-read list)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuinston (wlw, fiction, it's been a while but I liked this book)

The Falling In Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (wlw, fiction, this book was so cute and funny and deeply emotional it made me Feel way too many things, I'd definitely recommend it)

What Big Teeth - Rose Szabo (a bit of queerness all around, fantasy, werewolves and monsters, this one was pretty cool!, lots of original ideas for the world/character building)

#any recommendations are appreciated! #honestly I might've forgotten some #lgbtqia #book recs #master of one #legends & lattes #the priory of the orange tree #even though i knew the end #the love interest #the darkest part of the forest #the weight of the stars #aristotle and dante #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #the lady's guide to petticoats and piracy #gallant #stranger than fanfiction #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #they both die at the end #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #this is how you lose the time war #one last stop #and they lived... #i wish you all the best #the song of achilles #carry on #radio silence #alice oseman #the house in the cerulean sea #under the whispering door #silver in the wood

[torpublishinggroup]

This advertisement is for Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, a high fantasy adventure of first love and secondhand books set prior to the events of New York Times bestseller Legends & Lattes.

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Viv’s career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going super well. When she suffers a dread injury during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, the Ravens pack her off for some obligatory and undesired R&R. 

The sleepy beach town of Murk is relaxing, but so far from anything resembling excitement or action that she worries she’ll never get back in the game. Instead, this down-on-her-luck soldier of fortune starts whiling away her many free hours at a beleaguered bookshop and in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor. 

Could it be exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn’t possibly imagine?

And adventure isn’t so far from Murk as Viv thinks! A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons would like a word. 

#bookshops & bonedust #legends & lattes #travis baldree #tor books #cozy fantasy #cozy romance #fantasy romance #fantasy #romance #cozy #cozycore

[crowsfiles]

— legends & lattes by @travisbaldree

#the hyperfixation moodboards are back i apologize #legends and lattes #legends & lattes #book aesthetic #book moodboard #cozy fantasy #cozy aesthetic #cozy books #warm and cosy #cozycore #cosy mood #moodboard #cosycore #light academia #cottagecore #tavern #medievalcore #medieval aesthetic #moodboards #aesthetic #beige aesthetic #brown aesthetic

[turquoisemagpie]

Planning something

#magpie sketches #legends and lattes

[i-love-alina]

sometimes a family is you, your artistic succubus girlfriend, a hob who isn’t always there but makes sure he’s there when he needs to be, your quite rat-kin chef, the bard who’s reinventing music, the old lady across the street, a cryptic old man (who can see the future?), a loitering college student, your old adventuring buddies, the dire-cat that goes where it wants when it wants, and the leader of the mob.

#legends and lattes #legends & lattes #viv #tandri #cal #thimble #pendry #laney #durias #hem #gallina #roon #tavius #amity #the madrigal