Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree



Blurb:

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.

As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when there isn’t a job to get in the way.

The final (?) of the Legends & Lattes trilogy and by far my favorite of the three. While it could still be considered a cozy fantasy, because the consequences weren't earth shaking, there where more elements of what I enjoy in a fantasy novel - an actual journey through different lands, some character growth and change. A tiny bit of lore and an understanding of the wider world of the Territories. A very small body count. Also, Fern is probably my favorite character from the trilogy and having a whole book focused on her was my catnip.

This book goes with this bingo square because Fern repeatedly tells people, "I'm forty-seven!"

My icon totally applies to Fern. Just saying.

I have created a community - bookclub_dw - that will run like an in-person book club. One member of the community will have host duties for the month, which includes choosing the book for the comm to read that month and moderating a discussion about the book at the end of the month.

There is more information at the sticky post here: https://bookclub-dw.dreamwidth.org/257.html

I used to belong to a book club and really loved being pushed to read things that weren't on my radar, and have a chance to sit around and chat about the experience. I'm hoping to create something similar with this community.

I'm open to suggestions about the procedures and guidelines for how the community operates - please have a look at the community and then come back here to this post to give me feedback.

I plan to start with the first book in January - looking forward to it!