The Book Fix
We fix lives one book at a time đź“š This is a podcast that is hosted by two best friends named Yajaira & Cheli.Warning: Spoilers in every episode!Â
reddit paranormal: something waved at me in the dark
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast: Reddit Paranormal Edition, Yajaira and Cheli read a story that might make you think twice before answering anything that waves at you from a dark field.
When a teenage boy living on an isolated Iowa farm is mysteriously warned by his father not to go outside, he immediately realizes something is wrong. But later that night, he spots a strange, rust-colored figure standing beneath the orange glow of a distant floodlight, silently motioning for him to come closer. Ignoring his father’s warning, he fo...
The Church of the Mountain of Flesh by Kyle Wakefield | making a deal with God for a new body
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On this week's episode of The Book Fix podcast, hosts Yajaira and Cheli are diving into The Church of the Mountain of Flesh by Kyle Wakefield, a bizarre and gruesome religious horror novel packed with body horror, angels, obsession, and one deeply tortured artist. The story follows Sole, a sculptor who makes a deal with God: resurrect a fallen church, and in return, Soul can finally have the body he’s always wanted.Â
Will this grotesque tale of faith, flesh, art, identity, obsession, and some truly unholy decisions fix your life? Joi...
reddit nosleep: notifications from the future
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Yajaira and Cheli are continuing with a Reddit NoSleep for spooky season of The Book Fix! This time, they’re diving into the creepy story “My phone started notifying me about things that hadn’t happened yet,” where an ordinary phone begins delivering very unordinary notifications... revealing people’s secrets, predicting terrifying events, and eventually knowing way too much about its owner. What starts as unsettling quickly turns into full-on nightmare fuel when the notifications seem less interested in predicting the future and more interested in controlling it.
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Between Two Fires by Christopher by Buehlman | a disgraced knight and an orphan that speaks to angels
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving headfirst into medieval horror with Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. Set during the Black Death, the story follows Thomas, a disgraced knight who reluctantly becomes the protector of Delphine, a young orphan who claims she can communicate with angels. Together, they set off across plague-ravaged France on a journey involving demonic forces, terrifying creatures, religious horror, and a possible war between Heaven and Hell.Â
So, can a disgraced knight, an angel-talking orphan, demonic monsters, the Black Death, and o...
reddit nosleep: was my imaginary friend real?
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Happy spooky season!! Or perhaps not-so-happy spooky season because this week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving into another disturbing story from Reddit’s NoSleep. This one is told from the perspective of a lonely child who befriends a tall, skeletal figure named Oliver near the river behind their home.
Oliver may be the child’s only companion, but his cold touch, cracking bones, unsettling gifts, and increasingly painful “games” suggest that he is anything but imaginary or at least friendly.Â
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The Mad Wife by Meagan Church | she needed help, so he bought her a dishwasher
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving into The Mad Wife by Meagan Church which is a haunting historical story about motherhood, marriage, and what happens when a woman refuses to fit neatly into the role everyone has chosen for her.
Set in the 1950s, the story follows Lulu, a wife and mother surrounded by women who seem to have the whole “perfect housewife” thing figured out. Lulu, meanwhile, is struggling to keep up with the cooking, cleaning, motherhood, and constant expectation that she should be grat...
reddit nosleep: paralyzed husband is hiding something
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are taking Reddit NoSleep outside and somehow the mosquitoes and surprise bugs are only the beginning of the nightmare.
The story follows a woman who has spent three exhausting years caring for her husband, Mark, after a devastating accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. But when his shattered phone mysteriously appears several feet away from his bed, she begins to suspect that something—or someone—is moving through their home. Mark’s terrified expressions, bloodied fingers, and strange attempts to com...
The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer | surviving the weekend in a haunted house
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are reviewing The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer, and suddenly, being unemployed doesn’t sound that bad.
Macy is desperate for work when she comes across an unusually well-paying caretaker job. The catch? When she arrives, she discovers there’s no elderly husband to care for at all. Instead, she’s being paid to stay alone in a remote house and follow a very specific set of bizarre rituals left behind by the woman’s late husband. Turn off the lights at the righ...
reddit nosleep: the ghost in the hallway
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli officially continue spooky season with a chilling hospital story about a nurse who spots something impossible on the security cameras. A young patient named Madeline appears alone in the hallway wearing a mysterious black dress, even though she is still asleep in her room, connected to an IV.
Yajaira and Cheli discuss whether the shadow was the Grim Reaper, debate how scary ghostly children really are, revisit a disturbing horror movie from their childhood, and somehow end up wondering whether the...
The Troop by Nick Cutter | a camping trip turned into survival
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli head into the woods for another Nick Cutter nightmare with The Troop, and this time, they’re recording from an actual spooky cabin for maximum immersion.
A group of teenage boyscouts heads to a remote island for what should be a normal weekend camping trip, but everything changes when a severely emaciated stranger appears at their cabin with an insatiable hunger. Their Scoutmaster, Tim, quickly realizes the man is infected with something horrifying, leaving the boys isolated with a rapidly spreading pa...
The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas | knives out, but with a ghost
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This week on The Book Fix podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving into an ARC of The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas, and this gothic YA fantasy gave them A LOT to talk about.
Sixteen-year-old Minerva Treviño thinks she’s finally escaped the worst of her life when she leaves her abusive home to work for Encarnación del Valle. But when political violence forces them to flee to the isolated del Valle estate, Minerva quickly realizes the family drama may be the least terrifying thing hiding inside the h...
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker | he can’t remember where he put the body
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are bending the rules of time with Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker which is a dark, eerie story that connects two people living hundreds of years apart.
In the present day, Lee Turner flees to his father’s home in Japan after becoming convinced that he murdered his college roommate… except he has no memory of what he did with the body. Then there’s Sen, a young samurai living in 1877 under the brutal expectations of her father. Somehow, the two di...
reddit paranormal: a ghost in the catacombs caught on picture?!
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are back with another Reddit Paranormal episode and this time, they’re heading beneath the streets of Paris.
After examining a chilling photo taken inside the Paris Catacombs, the hosts debate whether the mysterious woman in white standing at the end of a dark, blocked-off tunnel is a ghost, a trick of the light, or simply someone who has made the catacombs her home. Either way, Cheli wants absolutely nothing to do with her.
From underground residents and demonic mo...
The Lamb by Lucy Rose | Cannibal Mom, an Isolated Cabin & One Very Traumatized Child
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are continuing spooky season with The Lamb by Lucy Rose, and apparently September has become the month of cannibalistic families.
The Lamb follows eleven-year-old Margot, who lives alone with her mother, Ruth, in an isolated cabin where lost travelers, known as “strays” have a habit of disappearing. To Margot, her mother’s hunger for human flesh is simply a normal part of life. She loves Ruth, wants desperately to understand her, and even hopes that one day she’ll feel the same hun...
reddit nosleep: the monster feeding on his mind
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are back with another Reddit No Sleep story and this one is less traditionally spooky and more emotionally devastating. They dive into a chilling tale about a man whose soul is attacked by a mysterious parasite, causing him to experience his life completely out of order.
One moment he is meeting the love of his life, Mar, and the next he is discovering they have been married for years and share a child he does not remember. As he jumps unpredictably...
Brother by Ania Ahlborn | his family eats people...but that's not the WORST part
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are kicking off spooky season with Brother by Ania Ahlborn and somehow, a cannibalistic serial-killer family is only the beginning of the nightmare.
The story follows Michael Morrow, a teenager trapped in an isolated family whose idea of a normal night involves kidnapping young women and making sure nothing goes to waste. Michael has spent most of his life believing escape isn’t really an option… until he meets Alice, a girl working at a local record store who gives him his...
reddit nosleep: don't answer the call in your own voice
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli dive into another terrifying Reddit NoSleep story and this one might make you permanently enable Do Not Disturb.
At exactly 2:17 a.m., a man receives a phone call from his own number. On the other end is his own voice, warning him not to open the door, not to look into the mirrors, and most importantly, not to answer anything in his own voice. What follows is a nightmare of impossible phone calls, backward-facing feet, voices from the dead, and a...
The Deep by Nick | a cure worse than the disease
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are closing out Detective Month with their final, and most terrifying case yet: The Deep by Nick Cutter.
Humanity is being devastated by a mysterious plague known as the ’Gets, an illness that causes people to slowly forget everything. With no cure in sight, hope emerges from the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean, where scientists discover a strange substance called ambrosia that may be capable of healing any disease.
For their final investigation, Detectives Yajaira and Cheli are he...
reddit paranormal: is my mother hexing me?
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are back with another Reddit Paranormal episode, but this time, something smells seriously sinister.
After reading a chilling story about mysterious rotting odors, unexplained incense, a strained relationship with a possibly witchy mother, and a sudden streak of terrible luck, the hosts debate whether the poster is dealing with a paranormal warning, a curse, or one horrifying coincidence. The conversation quickly spirals into family stories about witch doctors, hexes, healing rituals, manifestation, strange coincidences, psychic connections, past lives, tarot cards, and...
Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick | a corpse in the chimney?!
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Detective Month continues as Yajaira and Cheli take on the chilling case of Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick.
It’s December 1952, and the remote village of Elderby is preparing for Christmas when a dead stranger is discovered lodged inside the chimney of Holly House. Was he a thief, a would-be murderer, or something far more dangerous? Inspector Frank Grasby is sent to investigate, hoping the case might finally repair his damaged reputation, but nothing in Elderby is quite as it seems.
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reddit paranormal: the ghost in the rocking chair
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli venture into the unsettling world of Reddit Paranormal. They read creepy stories about children who seem to know things they shouldn’t, mysterious figures hiding in bedrooms, possible memories from past lives, and one deeply suspicious rocking chair that may, or may not, have been moving on its own.
As the stories get stranger, Yajaira and Cheli debate whether kids are simply imaginative, unusually observant, or somehow able to see things adults can’t. They also reveal what they would do if a...
Strange Buildings by Uketsu | eleven buildings with one terrifying secret
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, detectives Yajaira and Cheli are back on the case, determined to unravel the twisted mystery of Strange Buildings by Uketsu. What begins as eleven seemingly unrelated stories about bizarre buildings slowly transform into one massive puzzle. Each unsettling location holds another piece of the mystery, and as the clues begin to overlap, it becomes clear that every strange building is connected to a single, horrifying secret waiting to be uncovered.
Can detectives Yajaira and Cheli piece together the evidence before Uketsu delivers the shocking...
reddit no sleep: my ex-girlfriend called for help but...something is wearing her face
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are stepping away from books and into the terrifying world of Reddit’s NoSleep, and to make matters worse, they’re recording outside in the dark.
In the first story, a man receives an unexpected late-night call from his ex-girlfriend, Jessica, begging him to pick her up from a deserted bus station. When he arrives, she looks like herself, but her strange movements, unsettling stare, and fragmented memories suggest that something is very wrong.Â
Yajaira and Cheli discuss how quick...
Saltwater by Katy Hays | Old Money, Murder & Family Secrets
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Yajaira and Cheli have officially traded in their microphones for magnifying glasses because this month, they’re detectives, and they’re on the case!
In 1992, Sarah Lingate was found dead beneath the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Although suspicions surrounded Sarah’s wealthy and powerful family, her death was ruled an accident. Thirty years later, the Lingates return to Capri, determined to maintain that story until a haunting piece of evidence from the night Sarah died suddenly reappears. When another woman vanishes and the investigation is reopened, long-b...
flawless by Elsie Silver | a cowboy on probation and she’s his babysitter
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On this episode of The Book Fix Podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli saddle up for a chaotic, flirty ride through Flawless by Elsie Silver where bull riding meets forced proximity and absolutely zero self-control.
Rhett Eaton is pro bull riding’s golden boy… until one very public meltdown tanks his reputation. Enter Summer Hamilton: his agent’s daughter, assigned to babysit him for the season and keep him out of trouble. The only problem? She’s the last person he should want—and the only one he can’t stop thinking abo...
game on by Navessa Allen | a spicy and toxic enemies to lovers
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On this episode of The Book Fix podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive into Game On by Navessa Allen which is a chaotic, dark rom-com where hate turns into something way more dangerous.
We follow Tyler Neumann, a man fueled by revenge, and Stella McCormick, the rich, sharp-tongued woman who becomes his target. What starts as manipulation and blackmail quickly spirals into fake dating, forced proximity, and a tension so intense it’s basically a full-contact sport. Stella knows Tyler is using her to get closer to her po...
when in rome by Sarah Adams | runaway popstar falls for a grumpy baker
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Your hosts Yajaira and Cheli are back on The Book Fix podcast, and this week it’s small-town charm meets pop star burnout in When in Rome by Sarah Adams.
When global pop star Rae Rose (aka Amelia) hits her breaking point, she pulls a full Roman Holiday moment by ditching her glamorous life for a spontaneous escape… except she ends up stranded in Rome, Kentucky. Enter Noah Walker: grumpy, no-nonsense baker who absolutely does not have time for celebrity chaos. But when Amelia’s car breaks down on his...
two can play by Ali Hazelwood | snowed in with the hot enemy
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On this episode of The Book Fix podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli get into Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood which is a spicy enemies-to-lovers novella set in the video game world.
Viola Bowen lands her dream job designing a game based on her favorite book series… except she’s stuck co-leading it with Jesse Andrews, her longtime academic rival who clearly cannot stand her. When their bosses send them on a snowy mountain retreat for “team bonding,” they end up trapped together in a remote lodge with nowhere to go. The...
happy place by Emily Henry | fake dating your ex fiancé to keep the summer peace
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On this episode of The Book Fix Podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive into Happy Place by Emily Henry—aka emotional damage disguised as a beach read.
Harriet and Wyn were that couple—college sweethearts who just made sense… until they didn’t. Six months post-breakup (that no one knows about), they find themselves stuck sharing a bedroom during their annual friend group trip to a Maine cottage that’s about to be sold. So naturally, they do the most logical thing possible: pretend they’re still together for one last week. W...
savor it by Tarah DeWitt | fake dating in the summer
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On this episode of The Book Fix Podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli are heading to a messy little coastal town to talk about Savor It by Tarah DeWitt—and trust… this one is giving small-town chaos, fake dating with benefits, and emotional damage (the fun kind).
We’re following Sage, a lifelong Spunes resident whose life is spiraling just a bit after her breakup—especially when her ex gets engaged immediately (jail). Enter Fisher, a burnt-out Michelin-star chef dealing with grief, a career crash, and suddenly taking care of his teenage...
this summer will be different by Carley Fortune | best friend's brother is the summer fling
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive into This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune—aka the ultimate “we said we wouldn’t… but we keep doing it anyway” romance.
Lucy returns to Prince Edward Island every summer for her best friend—but also for Felix, her best friend’s younger brother and the one man she cannot stay away from. What started as a one-night mistake turns into years of tension, almosts, and broken promises. When her best friend runs out on her wedding, Lucy...
the summer girl by Elle Kennedy | he friend-zoned her then fell first (oops)
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This week on The Book Fix Podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive into The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy—a flirty, emotional Avalon Bay romance about Cassie returning for one last summer and planning a no-strings fling… until Tate, the town’s golden boy, fumbles straight into the friend zone and then catches real feelings. What follows is messy friends-to-lovers tension, mixed signals, and small-town secrets that might ruin everything.Â
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people we meet on vacation by Emily Henry | besties pretend they're not in love
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This week on The Book Fix podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli review People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry—a slow-burn friends-to-lovers that will test your patience (in the best way).
Poppy and Alex are total opposites, but for years they’ve taken one vacation together every summer—until a trip two years ago ruins everything and ends their friendship. Now stuck in a life that doesn’t feel right, Poppy knows her last real happiness was with Alex… so she convinces him to take one final trip to fix what t...
heated rivalry by Rachel Reid | enemies on ice, but lovers in secret
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On this episode of The Book Fix, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive into the addictive, tension-filled world of Heated Rivalry—a hockey romance that somehow turns pure animosity into something way more dangerous… and way more irresistible.
We’re following Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, two rival NHL players whose careers are defined by competition, pride, and years of mutual hatred. But behind closed doors? That rivalry takes a very different turn. What starts as a secret, physical outlet between enemies slowly evolves into something deeper, messier, and a lot harder...
pucking around by Emily Rath | why date ONE hockey player when you can have THREE
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Your hosts Yajaira and Cheli are back with another chaotic, thirst-filled episode of The Book Fix—and this time, they’re diving skates-first into Pucking Around by Emily Rath… and yeah, things get messy in the best way.
Rachel Price just landed her dream role as a sports medicine practitioner for Jacksonville’s hottest NHL team—career secured, boundaries clear… until her past literally skates back into her life. The one-night, no-names, “I’ll never see you again” guy? He’s now one of the team’s star players—and he doesn’t even recognize h...
the striker by Ana Huang | he fell for his enemy's sister
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This week on The Book Fix, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli are reviewing The Striker by Ana Huang—and the tension in this one? Absolutely unfair.
We’re diving into a high-stakes, off-limits romance between a controversial Premier League superstar and a former ballerina who wants nothing to do with his world. Asher Donovan has the fame, the ego, and a reputation that follows him everywhere—but when he’s forced into off-season training, he meets the one woman he shouldn’t want. Scarlett DuBois is rebuilding her life after a career-end...
the deal by Elle Kennedy | fake dating a hockey player
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This week on The Book Fix, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli dive into The Deal by Elle Kennedy — the college hockey romance that basically set the standard for fake dating done right.
Hannah Wells is confident in most areas of her life—except when it comes to romance. Determined to finally get her crush’s attention, she makes a deal with Garrett Graham, the cocky (and very annoying) captain of the hockey team: she’ll tutor him to save his GPA, and in return, he’ll pretend to date her to make anoth...
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert | she hit him with her car and he fell in love
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 On this week’s episode of the Book Fix Podcast, your hosts Yajaira and Cheli are baking the cover (and trying not to ruin it) while reviewing Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert—a chaotic, cozy romance about Eve, a well-meaning hot mess who accidentally hits a rigid, control-loving B&B owner with her car and ends up working (and living) with him, turning their enemies-to-lovers tension into something unexpectedly sweet and steamy. We chat about what makes their dynamic work, our favorite moments, and whether our bake survives the c...
too hot to handle by Tessa Bailey | stranded with a hot biker
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This week on The Book Fix, we’re firing up the ovens for another Bake Fix challenge—turning the book cover into a cake. While we attempt to recreate the swoony cover of The Simple Wild (and hopefully not flambé the kitchen), we’re diving into the chaotic, romantic road-trip story inside the book.
After a spectacular culinary meltdown, chef Rita Clarkson is already questioning her life choices when she ends up stranded in the middle of nowhere, New Mexico with her three estranged siblings and a b...
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree | our cake looks nothing like the book
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On this episode of The Book Fix, we’re diving into the cozy fantasy that took the internet by storm: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree.
The story follows Viv, a battle-weary orc mercenary who decides she’s done with swords, bounties, and bloodshed. Instead of chasing monsters, she wants something radical: a peaceful life running the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. The only problem? No one in town even knows what coffee is. As Viv tries to turn roasted beans into a thriving business, she faces skeptical locals, ling...
