Memories & Milkshakes by Cora Travis
Memories & Milkshakes: A cozy fantasy by Cora Travis
English | 2026 | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Six hundred years of war taught Marielle Shadowborn how to survive.
They taught her nothing about how to live.
Tired of battlefields and bloodshed, the legendary elf warrior retreats to Thistledown Hollow—a whimsical village where dragons argue about rent, trolls collect memory stones, and peace feels almost suspicious. Above a dragon’s cave, Marielle opens Memories & Milkshakes, a tiny shop serving magical milkshakes brewed from rare memoryberries—each one offering a brief taste of joy, courage, love, or long-forgotten hope.
The villagers come in droves.
A grieving wizard longing for his late husband’s laughter.
A shy dryad searching for courage.
A battle-scarred direwolf who doesn’t want silence—he wants connection.
But Marielle soon discovers a flaw in her magic.
Every memory she serves leaves an echo behind.
As the shop’s popularity grows and a bustling festival looms, Marielle finds herself carrying not just her own buried past, but fragments of everyone else’s too. Healing others means opening doors she locked six centuries ago—and some memories don’t like being stirred.
With the help of an enthusiastic troll assistant, an anxious pixie accountant, and an ancient dragon who knows a thing or two about solitude, Marielle must decide whether she’s willing to face the memories she’s spent a lifetime outrunning… or close the shop before it costs her everything.
A heartwarming cozy fantasy about second chances, found family, and the courage it takes to choose belonging over solitude—perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and magical small-town comfort reads.
