First of all, if this book is romantasy, Legends & Lattes is romantasy, and I know that’s not true. It’s pure cosy fantasy. 

The book started off really strong. I absolutely LOVED Caz – what an awesome idea for a sidekick – and really related to Kiela, especially the dreaded "There was no denying it. She was going to have to talk to people." 

I also really liked the narration. Davies gets the vibe of the book completely and adds to the reading experience, unlike many narrators I’ve listened to that are either neutral or off-putting. 

However, towards the end the cosy-ness definitely started to wear on me. There were these allegedly massive stakes, but everything came way too easily for the characters, and it moved right into cheesy territory. Not egregious, but not as graceful as Baldree’s works. 

Then I really didn’t like the last chapter. Larran calling the female mer-horses ‘mamas’ was repulsive to me. And the two of them zooming straight to marriage after we’d barely even seen them touch each other felt ridiculously rushed and jarring.  

Having said that, until the last 10% or so, I did have a nice time reading this book. I won’t be continuing the series (unless I hear amazing things), but it was fun while it lasted.