The Driftcap Inn
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Welcome to The Driftcap Inn, a cozy perch among the clouds. Drift on in and stay awhile!
In all of Itharos no inn is more enchanting—or peculiar—than The Driftcap Inn, a cozy haven in the sky carved from a giant floating mushroom. Its owner, Eino the Wanderer, enjoys a life of breathtaking views and freedom from the petty wars and political intrigue of the kingdoms below. But a home set adrift in the vast, empty skies can also be unbearably lonely.
When a handsome and enigmatic apothecary named Joren comes aboard, an unexpected companionship blossoms between the two men, stirring the possibility of something deeper. But their peaceful journey through the clouds is shattered when a string of unsettling events threatens to send Eino's home plummeting to the ground.
Something wicked is spreading its roots across The Driftcap Inn, and Eino suspects there's much more to it than just bad luck. With dark secrets surrounding every guest and danger creeping ever closer, Eino must decide who he can trust with his life — and with his heart.
Legends & Lattes meets Howl's Moving Castle in this cozy fantasy set on a magical inn in the sky.
Customer Reviews
I wish I could forget this book just to read it again!!!
We’re not even a quarter of the way into 2026, but this might be my favorite book of the year! Cozy, adventure, romance, magic (or rather, aura), sword fights, airships, magical creatures, political intrigue, whimsy, tavern brawls, world building, found family, magical plants... I mean, it has everything a fantasy lover wants! Fans of high fantasy and fans of cozy fantasy will both love this. As a fan of Sanderson, Jordan, and Tolkien, I enjoyed this book—it’s so much more than “just” cozy fantasy.
The Driftcap Inn felt like home to me. This book will be a place for all those who wish to feel a sense of home and belonging. The last third of the book is much more adventure fantasy than cozy fantasy, but not in a perilous, unsettling way.
We follow Eino, a scallywag and rascal of an Innkeeper, but a man who wishes he had someone with whom to share his life in the clouds, across the skies in his inn made from giant driftcap mushrooms—mushrooms that float! He and his motherly, salt of the earth cook pick up various guests. Some of them have secrets; as these secrets unravel, and the Inn floats into more than one pickle, this ragtag group of people must learn to work and live together. I’m not a big fan of “romance books,” and this one had just the right amount. This will definitely be a book I can reread.
My only complaint is that the book opens the morning after a one-night-stand—not cozy. Eino has flings when he makes stops on the surface, and he is then sad none of these partners will leave their lives to travel with him. Like my guy that’s not how commitment works. But, it fits his unattached character.