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The Bookshop and the Barbarian

By: Morgan Stang
Narrated by: Ell Potter
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Explore its many rooms, pick something nice off the shelf, and have a little read by the fire at the Cozy Quill Bookshop.

Running from strife in her homeland, Maribella Waters becomes the new owner of the fabled Cozy Quill. After finding squatters on her property, she employs Asteria Helsdottir, a giant, barbarian warrior woman more accustomed to swinging an axe than opening a book. Together, the odd couple must make a success out of the bookshop—and survive a dizzying procession of seasonal festivals.

But the local evil noblewoman has other plans in mind. Threatened with being run off the land, Maribella and Asteria must use their wits to outsmart Lady Malicent and keep their business open. Along the way, the whole town lends a hand, and friendships are forged … along with a few secrets revealed.

The Bookshop and the Barbarian is a low-stakes, comedic, and cozy fantasy with a slice-of-life, sapphic romance. It is about the celebration of books, autumn and winter, community, friendship, and unexpected romance.

©2023 Morgan Stang (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing Fantasy Romance
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I understand that the author was going for a story book style, and the 'narrator' voice in the book helps that, but this was so over simplified, and the humour so juvenile that it reads like a children's book. I have never read a book that breaks the 4th wall like this book does constantly, and quizzes? really? You literally cannot get immersed in this story. From the narrator referring to you as 'Dear Reader' to the consistent references to other books, series, and real people with jumbled up names you are made to feel like a kid in school reading this book. The sad thing is, if it had been written less like it was aimed at 9 year olds, it would have actually been a cute story.

Read like a children's book

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