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Sagas & Sable d'Os by Travis Baldree

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jesshudzik's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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creationwing's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Enjoyable prequel to L&L, with loveable characters I'd like to see more of. That said, I almost wish there were fewer so we could explore a few relationships more deeply.
This book is not as strong as the other in terms of having a cozy setting, I would say. The nature of Viv being there to recuperate means that she cannot build a hearth and home. The

looming threat once she gains the sword

also makes it difficult to settle into the cozier scenes in the latter half.
As always, the narration by Baldree is well done, and helps to immerse with the world.

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beabravo's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cozy prequel to “Legends and Lattes”. Having to rest up at a sleepy seaside town after being wounded in battle, Viv slowly gets to know some of the citizens of Murk. She finds new friends, a new love of reading, and a bit of a short fling.

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redwing's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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marissagero's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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rpeitersen's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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thewarriorprincess's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It was a good read. Very feel-good with minimal action, which is refreshing. I don’t think I need to be held in anxious suspense for chapters on end with every book that I read. This book was sweet and I don’t feel any let-down having read it. The story the author was telling feels finished and I appreciate that. Admittedly, I read this book before reading Legends & Lattes, so I’m sure my perspective is different from most other readers.

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jess_always_reading's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

An ultra cozy and light-hearted read. There is a bit more action/plot in this one compared to Legends and Lattes but it retains that lovely cozy energy. It was interesting to see Viv in another season of her life and the bookish vibes were excellent.

10/10 would recommend.

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bear_ridge_tarot's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Viv’s career with the mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. She was wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer and is packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy town of Murk. So far the only action she has to look forward to is staring out at the ocean. Spending her free time at a beleaguered bookshop.

I enjoyed this cozy read. I read this before reading Legends and Lattes, so was not disappointed in the similar plotlines. It was just enough action to satisfy the D&D player in me but not not so much that it took away from the flow of the narrative.

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tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Somehow this book was thrilling, and cozy, and sweet, and almost kind of boring, but also really fun all at the same time. Viv is a brash, young, hotheaded, and impulsive Orc that gets herself into trouble and winds up needing to take a little sabbatical in this shanty seaside town. And while she’s healing, she’s falling in love with books, and repairing stuff, and getting into absolute nonsensical trouble with a necromancer. So fun!

So despite wishing that I had read B&B before Legends and Lattes because of the chronological order of the story, I don’t think I would have been as taken with L&L the way I was if I read this one first. Like it makes more sense chronologically – – even though they weren’t released that way – – but also getting to meet Viv after she’s settled down and is more worn out by life and looking to retreat into a cozy little coffee shop becomes more gratifying after you see some of the things that she struggled with in her youth. I’ll never know but I wonder.

B&B walks a fine line of cozy and slow and “holy crap that book is a portal” or “those bones are a talking creature”; wild and creative! And a romance subplot! I had a very good time.

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