Orc Viv is just starting out in her mercenary career when she receives a brutal leg wound that takes her out of the action for a significant recovery period. She's laid up in Murk, a seaside town that is way too boring for someone who'd much rather be hunting necromancers and the like. But as she slowly heals, Viv ventures out and discovers a shabby overstuffed bookshop owned by Fern, as well as a mouthwatering bakery owned by supercute Maylee, and starts to find a home in Murk, albeit a temporary one.
This is a prequel to Legends & Lattes, and is just as cozy and heartwarming as that book (which is set at the end of Viv's marauding career). It's a love letter to the power of books and community and friendship without getting overly twee. I loved it, and I can't wait to read more books by Baldree.
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