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Rating: Legends & Lattes

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. 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.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. 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. (via Goodreads)

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, LGBT+ (Lesbian representation), Cozy

Ratings:

5 ⭐

1 / 5 🌶️

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Rating: To A Darker Shore

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Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her kingdom that she’s too useful to be sacrificed like so many of their country’s poor to appease the infernal monster across the poison sea in hell.

When Alesta’s attempt to prove herself with inventions goes awry, her best friend and heir to the throne, Kyrian, takes the blame expecting leniency—and ends up tithed in her place.

To end the sacrifices forever, Alesta plans to kill the monster that killed her friend. She travels to the depths of hell only to find Kyrian, alive, but monstrously transformed.

There’s no escaping hell or their deeper feelings for one another, and the farther they go, the closer they come to uncovering a truth about the tithings that threatens to invoke the wrath of not only monsters but the gods as well.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, LGBT+ (Lesbian representation), Disability (Autism Spectrum Disorder representation)

 

Ratings:

3 / 5 ⭐

1 / 5 🌶️

Star ratings weighed via Goodreads’s system

Steam / Spice ratings weighed via Romance.io‘s system