For a Modest Fee, Tao Will Tell Your Fortune. Small Fortunes Only, Please.
Step into Julie Leong's warm and magical debut that readers are calling "the perfect comfort read." The Teller of Small Fortunes is a gentle fantasy about found family, choosing happiness, and believing that small acts of good can change the world.
Tao is an immigrant fortune teller traveling between villages of Eshtera with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells small fortunes: whether it will hail next week, which boy the barmaid will kiss, when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences. Even if it's a lonely life, it's better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they're joined by a baker with a "knead" for adventure and—of course—a slightly magical cat. Tao sets down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past close in—and she'll have to decide whether to risk everything to preserve the family she never thought she could have.
Clean Content Promise: Spice level 0.5—very sweet, gentle romance with focus on platonic bonds and found family.
Perfect For:
Cozy fantasy fans who love low-stakes adventures and road trip stories, found family devotees, readers seeking gentle magic and philosophical trolls, and anyone who appreciates diverse characters and immigrant experiences woven into fantasy. If you loved Legends & Lattes, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, or The House in the Cerulean Sea, this is your next read. Perfect for book clubs seeking hope and warmth.
Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Spice Level: 0.5 (Very sweet romance, emphasis on platonic love)
Reading Vibe: Gentle, wholesome, heartwarming, therapeutic
This collection celebrates the quiet magic of Julie Leong's debut—a story where the journey matters more than the destination and friendship is the greatest fortune of all. Each item is designed to help you slow down, breathe deep, and savor the small moments, just like Tao does. Pure comfort reading that will warm your soul.
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