Title: The Keeper of Magical Things
Author: Julie Leong
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Cozy fantasy, LGBTQI, Romance
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2025
The Keeper of Magical Things was just as sweet, adorable and impossible to put down as The Teller of Small Fortunes. Julie Leong has definitely shifted right up there to one of my favourite cozy fantasy authors. Everything about this story was sweet and adorable. It was filled with so much love and felt like a giant cuddle with each and every page. This was a great story that was an easy read and departure from reality, something that I always enjoy in a good book.
This is a great opposites attract couple, and I love how they are both able to balance out each other’s short comings. They also accept each other for who they are, not trying to change each other or bring each other more into line. Both work well together to build a life, although both of them make mistakes that could cost them everything. Again, I love that this is a story in which both characters have short comings, both make mistakes, but ultimately, at the end, they both come together to create their own version of happily ever after.
I really love the idea of the library that they create at the end of this story. It’s all about giving back to the community and embracing a future where nothing is hoarded. After all, half the issues that occured in this story happened because power and powerful artifacts were only given to a few. A reminder that, no matter what, power should be used for the community, not just the few powerful. Plus, it’s a library, so I’m absolutely all there for that.
Everything about The Keeper of Magical Things is cozy, cute and gives you so much hope for the future. It is beautiful and sweet, in a way that all cozy fantasies are. I love that it is about community, life and finding your own happily ever after. There is a reason why cozy fantasies have become such a popular genre in recent times, and that need to depart reality for a joyful, kind read is exactly. Which Leong has managed to deliver yet again.
