Audio: A barista´s guide to love & larceny

By: Caroline Bonin

Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins

Release date: 01-27-26

Publisher: Tantor Media

Categories: YA

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This was a sort of cozy fantasy where magic is real.

Dani ran away from her family who used her powers and got a partial scholarship at a magical college. But she has to work at a coffee place since she needs money. And then there is schoolwork. It is a lot to handle.

She has a good friend in her roommate McKenna who is partial fae (I would really want to know more about that). And then a crush at Kass who frequents the cafe she works at .

And then a professor learns of her ability and wants her to take part in a "extra credit project". And she seriously needs the money so she can get her degree.

But yes there is a lot more going on. A company who is making a dream drug. Meeting new friends. Handling her schoolwork and fearing getting kicked out. And that budding romance.

Very cozy feel to it. A but of love, a bit of larceny. But things will work out for her.

I liked the narration. She worked well with different characters and the mood of the book

Dani Lionet is no stranger to working hard. But now she's attending her dream magic university, and must manage classes, shifts at the local cafe, and maintaining her partial scholarship—all while trying to keep her unique ability under wraps. That way, no one else can take advantage of it like her parents used to. So when a visiting professor calls Dani out on her ability, she's terrified.

Yet, it seems Professor Silva just wants to pay Dani to use it to investigate a soon-to-be-released lucid dreaming product with horrible side effects. Dani is hesitant, but she needs the money, and it would help her new friend who was part of the product's clinical trials. Plus, she has a swoony distraction in Kass, a mage and her endearingly cute new regular at work...even if she can't tell him about her ability or extracurricular activities. The fact that he seems just as interested in her is very uncharted territory for Dani since, thanks to her parents, she's never lived in one place long enough to have a real crush.

Can Dani help with the professor's "group project," learn to embrace her ability, and get to know Kass? Or will it all fall apart before the semester is over?