This is a decent story that doesn't deserve the heavy comparisons to Legends & Lattes. Yes, it features characters who are giving up their violence-laden lives to open up a shop and yes it features building community and the shop itself, but...I don't know. Something about the stakes felt a little too high to be properly cozy. Just talking about opening a shop and building it and making tea and liking books doesn't make something cozy fantasy. It's a feeling, along with ultra low stakes and I think the stakes here were too high. Part of it also felt like it was all telling and no showing, especially with the romance between the two main characters.

It's absolutely solid for a self-published book on Kindle Unlimited. Just temper expectations and enjoy your time.