Should You Pick Up Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree?

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Book Details:
Published: November 7, 2023
Series: Legends and Lattes
Book Number: 0.5
Pages: 339
Publisher: Tor Books

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[SilverScribe]

I've just finished reading this book a few weeks ago and my only minor complaint is that part of me was expecting at least SOME mention of how Viv first came across coffee for the first time.

Since this is a prequel to Legends & Lattes, you can't help but think that. But truthfully, that didn't dampen my overall enjoyment of the book

[FreeLatveria]

I picked this up but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I liked L&L, but I didn't love it. Skirting spoilers, I'll say I love a good friendship in my fantasy books and generally don't care to hate romances. So the first half of L&L I was all in on the friendships, but once they introduced the romance, I lost interest pretty fast.

But I still picked up B&B, so obviously I still ended up liking it.

[MagusMarquillin]

The criticism I hear that gives me pause on wanting to try either of these is there's not much particularly fantasy about the world beyond superficial detail - sure it stars an orc and has other creatures, but you could replace them with humans and it could easily be normal slice of life fiction. Is that fair? Is there anything to commend it as fantasy world building?
If this was, say, a Dragonlace story about running an inn, I'd be quite intrigued, because I know there a lot of interesting racial history to draw from, even if it's not as heated as DL usually gets - it'd be a relaxing exception.