Brigands & Breadknives

Returning to the world Travis Baldree built in Legends & Lattes is like any of the metaphors having to do with coziness - being wrapped in a warm blanket, having a cup of tea or cocoa or mulled wine or brandy, enjoying an evening by the fire in the company of friends.

Brigands & Breadknives takes us back to the time of Legends & Lattes but brings Fern, the bookseller Viv encounters in the prequel Bookshops & Bonedust, to Thune. By accident? after a night of overindulgence, Fern finds herself on an unexpected adventure instead of settling into the new bookshop next to her old friend’s coffee shop.

Brigands & Breadknives is full of excitement, danger, and humor, but also questions of fate, religion, ethics, and finding meaning and purpose in life - wrapped in a cozy fantasy adventure where new friendships are forged and old ones are cemented.

This third entry in Baldree’s series stands up to its sisters, and it’s a joy to return to his world.

A note on the audiobook: this is the first of these I’ve listened to, and, no surprise as he is an acclaimed audiobook narrator, it is excellently performed by the author himself and with high-quality production.

Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review. Pub. date: 11/11/25

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