“Legends & Lattes” showed up a lot on my TikTok feed. I heard it described as a “cute, wholesome, sapphic romance” with “everything a fantasy-enjoyer wants”. I was definitely intrigued. I have been trying to read more sapphic books, and I have always enjoyed fantasy stories. But one thing was holding me back from reading “Legends & Lattes”; the fact that it was written by a man. I think anyone with a little bit of knowledge on queer spaces, particularly sapphic spaces, would know that when men, particularly straight white men, create art or stories involving sapphic women, the women end up being fetishized. I was afraid this was going to happen in this book, despite the numerous good reviews and all the praise I had seen about the story. I was book-shopping and came across the book. I asked a couple employees at the store what they thought of the story and explained my concerns. They said the story is very well done and doesn’t have any issues with fetishizing the charac...