It's sweet, beautiful and, most of all, kind. "This is a story about following your dreams, even when they take you away from who you thought you had to be. This is my new comfort read."- Genevieve Gornichec, author of The Witch's Heart Legends & Lattes is a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what's advertised: a wholesome, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. "Take a break from epic battles and saving the world. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.īut the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success - not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. *This new edition includes a very special, never-before-seen bonus story, 'Pages to Fill.'*Īfter a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes. A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
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They proceed methodically and with the odd unconventional touch à la John Rebus, which makes the story more interesting. Ingolfsson’s detectives, huge, impulsive Gunnar Mariuson and the more thoughtful Birkir Li Hinriksson, of Asian origin and with a passion for marathon running, aren’t exactly a pair of action cops. Initially the pace isn’t headlong, but curiosity at how the author – and of course his Reykjavik homicide squad detectives, playing away from home in Germany – will generate a credible plot starting from such premises, was more than sufficient to keep me turning the pages, ultimately to much satisfaction. In the recently-published ‘ Sun on Fire’, Ingolfsson confirms his skills as a fine crime fiction practitioner: the novel fires off with a paedophile entrepreneur found dead at the Icelandic embassy in Berlin, with 8 potential killers, all of course above suspicion (including the ambassador himself), no motive whatsoever and, to complicate matters, a murder weapon that simply had no way of getting inside the embassy… but did. Iceland TV has even produced a thriller mini-series in 2008, ‘ Mannaveiðar (I Hunt Men)’, based from his third novel, ‘Daybreak’. Icelandic author Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson, after his debut novel ‘ The Flatey Enigma’, in which he blended typical crime fiction ingredients with historical and linguistic research, has produced a series of rather more canonical works. |