Brigands and Breadknives

, #2

Taschenbuch, 323 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 11. November 2025 von Tor veröffentlicht.

ISBN:
978-1-250-43712-9
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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 pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her!

If only things were so simple…

It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint.

A drunken and desperate night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior surviving on inertia, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover.

5 Auflagen

hat Canailles & Couteaux von Travis Baldree besprochen (Légendes & Lattes, #2)

Canailles & Couteaux

J'ai pris du plaisir à renouer avec l'univers de 'Légendes & Lattes'.

Avec cette troisième histoire, Travis Baldree inverse en quelque sorte le concept qu'il avait décliné dans les deux premières : alors que ces dernières offraient un quasi huis clos de cosy fantasy avec un cadre délimité qui lui donnait une identité (le café, la librairie...), 'Canailles & Couteaux' entreprend de faire emprunter une trajectoire inverse de celle de Viv l'Orc à sa personnage principale rateline. Sal abandonne en effet le cocon qu'était sa librairie pour basculer dans un quotidien autrement plus tumultueux et dangereux dans le sillage d'une célèbre guerrière elf, d'une gobeline déroutante et d'épées parlantes qui n'ont pas leur langue dans leur fourreau (du moins quand elles sont sorties !).

Pourtant, même sur les chemins, l'auteur préserve une certaine ambiance caractéristique, avec un vrai soin apporté à ses personnages, à leur développement comme à …

On the cozy adventure of a fellow bookseller.

An enjoyable continuation of the author's series, this time involving a different cast of characters. Fern, the foul-mouthed bookseller from a previous book, shifts her bookshop to be next to Viv, now running a successful café. But running a bookshop was really her father's dream, and she has a sense that it isn't really what she wants in life. After getting drunk, she acts on impulse and 'hitches a ride' with a renown elf on her way to deliver a bounty on a goblin with a predilection for kitchen utensils. Thus, begins a 'cozy' adventure for Fern that would change her outlook on her life.

What starts out as a way for Fern to 'get away from it all' for a while as she figures out her future, gradually turns her into a fellow adventurer with Asteryx, the elf who, having lived a long life, now seems to be …

hat Brigands and Breadknives von Travis Baldree besprochen (Legends & Lattes, #2)

Pleasant Enough

I really waffled between giving this 3 stars or 4. Consider it a 3.5.

There were parts of this book I really enjoyed, and there were parts that felt like misses. I will say the ending felt very solid and I was actually pretty happy with it. The world building was very good, and I wish there had been a bit more of it.

Some of the prose felt a little stilted. Other parts felt heartfelt and beautiful. It's hard to quantify any particular areas as being weaker than others, it was just a feeling that cropped up from time to time while reading.

I did quite enjoy the evolution of the relationships, and Zyll the goblin was an especially interesting character, but it was hard for me at times to like Fern. Being accused of being 'chronically dissatisfied' felt apt, and I don't entirely feel like …

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