Legends & Lattes

This was painful and I almost gave up on it a couple of times. The writing is bad, it's pretty obvious it's the author's first book. Everything is narrated matter of factly and it gets boring quickly.

The pacing of the book was off too, with too many details of building and rebuilding the cafe. The big mystery of the Madrigal was super disappointing. As much as it's funny that this big threat was an old day, it doesn't really work with all the build up before meeting her.

I did not like any of the characters, except maybe Tandri. They were all 2 dimensional and I really disliked Viv. I get that her arc is a redemption one where she changes for the better but I just couldn't feel any connection to her.

If it wasn't for the promise of a queer romance, I would have dropped the book like a hot potato about halfway.