Legends & Lattes Writer Travis Baldree on Expanding His Cozy Fantasy World with Brigands & Breadknives

Legends & Lattes writer Travis Baldree on expanding his cozy fantasy world with Brigands & Breadknives

Baldree’s third novel in the series, Brigands & Breadknives, published on Nov. 11, initially seems like more of the same comforting fare. Fern decides she wants to change things up and moves to the same town as Viv, who enlists all her friends to help Fern open a new bookstore. But then Fern decides to leave her thriving business and comfortable life behind to go on a more traditional fantasy adventure, accompanying the legendary Elven warrior A…

Review: Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree

Rating: 9.5/10 Synopsis: Return to the cozy fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller, Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better p…

Interview with Travis Baldree, author of Brigands & Breadknives

The Legends & Lattes author embarks on an old-school fantasy quest in his third novel, Brigands & Breadknives.

Book Review: Brigands & Breadknives

I’m not sure if “cozy midlife crisis burnout fantasy” is a genre, but across the excellent Legends & Lattes series, Travis Baldree has certainly had enough characters experience it. Fern, the sweary rattkin bookseller from the previous tale, “Bookshops & Bonedust”, has moved across the lands and opened up a shop right next door to the titular Legends & Lattes cafe. She has the help and support of her old friend Viv and the local community. On pa…