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The Keeper of Magical Things

By: Julie Leong
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
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Certainty Bulrush wants to be useful - to the Guild of Mages, to the brother who depends on her, and to anyone else she can help. Unfortunately, her tepid magic hasn't proven much use to anyone.

So when Certainty is offered the chance to earn her magehood, she jumps on it. Never mind that the assignment is to transport minor artefacts to the dull, unmagical village of Shpelling, or that it involves working with Mage Aurelia, a brilliant, unfairly attractive overachiever who's managed to alienate everyone around her.

In Shpelling, the two must deal with testy villagers, an unruly catdragon, and their growing attraction to each other, while avoiding any incidents that could further damage the Guild's testy relationship with the kingdom's citizens. But magic is fickle - sooner or later, it is bound to spell trouble . . .©2025 JL Writing, LLC
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Critic Reviews

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!
This is what cozy fantasy is all about. Fresh love, fantastic friendship, a dash of unpredictable magic . . . and catdragons
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
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
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!
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
A refreshing fantasy adventure written for anyone with a heart. Full of delightful twists and turns, fights with sentient objects, and scheming mages
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!
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
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
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
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
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