The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
"The Teller of Small Fortunes" by Julie Leong was one of the 3 books I brought with me on my 2 week family trip. It is a pretty short read (or at least by my standards), and it stands at about 300-something pages. I found this book completely by chance when I went to the book store looking for silly casual fantasy stories and it seemed to fit the bill. Originally it seemed like a book I would love, but I had one single reservation about it; it was labelled as a "cozy fantasy" almost everywhere online. Now with my (not so great) experience with online book categorization (I'm looking at you Fourth Wing) I was a bit worried that this would be another slightly stereotypical simple story. However I ended up being pleasantly surprised with it! The story was nice and comforting, without too many unlike-able characters, with a pretty good diverse cast, but it was not overly "cozy" and still had some action and plot development, which I enjoyed a lot. Overall...