Absolute perfection! This book is like the finest pastry, layered with flavour and bursting with happiness! It's gloriously sweet and extraordinarily delightful! I loved every single page!
Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop
This is what cozy fantasy is all about. Fresh love, fantastic friendship, a dash of unpredictable magic . . . and catdragons
Rebecca Thorne, Sunday Times bestselling author of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
The Keeper of Magical Things is full of charm, inventiveness, and comfort. Leong's storytelling is whimsical and sweet, and deepened by her gentle questioning of issues of belonging, family, expectations met and unmet. A gorgeous, delicately wrought sapphic romance underpins it all. Reading this felt like coming home
Brigitte Knightley, New York Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
The Keeper of Magical Things is the perfect cosy fantasy, with a healthy dose of sweet sapphic romance and gentle humour to round things out. (Also, an adorable dragoncat. That part is very important.) I deeply enjoyed every inch of this novel. In fact, I think I'm going to take my next vacation in Shpelling
Olivia Atwater, author of Half a Soul
With sweet humor, delightful characters, and a touch of romance, The Keeper of Magical Things is an enchanting tale full of whimsy and gentleness. I adored every minute of it!
Maiga Doocy, Sunday Times bestselling author of Sorcery and Small Magics
If you're running a little low on serotonin, trust me: brew yourself a hot drink, curl up with this treasure of a tale, and thank me later! It's the warmest, loveliest book I've read in ages
Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches on The Teller of Small Fortunes
A refreshing fantasy adventure written for anyone with a heart. Full of delightful twists and turns, fights with sentient objects, and scheming mages
John Wiswell, Nebula Award-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Healing, wholesome, heartwarming, and full of fun and whimsy that glimmers off the page,
The Keeper of Magical Things is an inviting tale of self-acceptance with a charming sapphic love story. Come for the catdragon and the talking teakettle - stay for the fireside coziness!
Jules Arbeaux, author of Lord of the Empty Isles
Joyful, heartwarming, and utterly charming, Leong's cozy fantasy debut is a cup of hot (fortune-telling) tea straight to the soul. Readers will delight in road-tripping with Tao, her found family, and their adorable animal companions in this whimsical, healing tale
Amélie Wen Zhao, New York Times and international bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night on The Teller of Small Fortunes
The Keeper of Magical Things is a story about finding yourself and finding love in the most unexpected of places (a sleepy village called Shpelling). It has everything you can possibly want from a cosy fantasy: a fish-out-of-water main character, an icy love interest with a secret heart of gold, a tonne of outlandish magical objects, heaps of humour, and, obviously, a catdragon. A hilarious, cosy page-turner
Genoveva Dimova, author of Foul Days
The Teller of Small Fortunes is a warm and lovely book that will soothe your heart. Its gentleness and coziness are such a delightful gift
India Holton, international bestselling author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels on The Teller of Small Fortunes
Leong's charming and delightfully cozy fantasy of found family, village reawakening, and fending off bullies is highly recommended to readers of
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree and
A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by J. Penner
Library Journal (starred review)
Delightfully cozy... Themes of companionship and community undergird the sweet romance as the heroines discover what they truly value in life.
Publishers Weekly
Another winning cozy-fantasy novel. Readers will be as charmed by Certainty as Aurelia is. Perfect for fans of cottagecore fantasy
Booklist
A refreshing fantasy adventure written for anyone with a heart. Full of delightful twists and turns, fights with sentient objects, and scheming mages.
John Wiswell, Nebula Award-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In
With sweet humor, delightful characters, and a touch of romance, The Keeper of Magical Things is an enchanting tale full of whimsy and gentleness. I adored every minute of it!
Maiga Doocy, Sunday Times (UK) bestselling author of Sorcery and Small Magics
Darkly lush and deeply compelling, The Bookshop Below takes readers on a perilous journey into a world of inky spells, powerful books, and a secret society that will stop at nothing to control them. Part murder mystery, part portal fantasy, part love story, and wholly engrossing, this had me riveted until the final page.
M. Stevenson, author of Behooved
Cemented Leong as a writer I know I can return to with confidence for an entertaining story that will sweep me away and warm the cockles of my heart
Fantasy Hive
Fantastic balance of magic, whimsy, humour and light academia and explores themes of kindness, understanding and learning to put less pressure on ourselves
Fantasy Hive
Whimsical is exactly the right word for this kind of magic; if you love Diana Wynne Jones' magical style, think of that, think of 100 league boots and you'll be right at home here
Fantasy Hive
A refreshing fantasy adventure written for anyone with a heart. Full of delightful twists and turns, fights with sentient objects, and scheming mages.
John Wiswell, Nebula Award-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In
The Keeper of Magical Things is full of charm, inventiveness, and comfort. Leong's storytelling is whimsical and sweet, and deepened by her gentle questioning of issues of belonging, family, expectations met and unmet. A gorgeous, delicately wrought sapphic romance underpins it all. Reading this felt like coming home.
Brigitte Knightley, New York Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
Cemented Leong as a writer I know I can return to with confidence for an entertaining story that will sweep me away and warm the cockles of my heart
Fantasy Hive
Fantastic balance of magic, whimsy, humour and light academia and explores themes of kindness, understanding and learning to put less pressure on ourselves
Fantasy Hive
Whimsical is exactly the right word for this kind of magic; if you love Diana Wynne Jones' magical style, think of that, think of 100 league boots and you'll be right at home here
Fantasy Hive
