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Cat Bowser

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Cat Bowser has been writing stories since before she even knew how to write. Starting with simple drawings in comic book format, once the art of writing was bestowed upon her in first grade, there was no stopping her. Fanfiction, poems, short stories, long stories, novels---all she knew was that she had entire worlds stuck in her head and she needed to get them out.

When she isn’t crafting fantasy worlds, she lives in Arizona with her husband Stephen and two pint sized dogs. Outside of writing, she works as a licensed counselor as the spirit and psychology of the person is of immense interest to her. Relationships of all types---romantic, platonic, familial, she loves to explore them. You’ll find more than a sampling of it in her stories. In ...more

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	Mirrors and Ashes 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding the Lost Boys (The Second Star #1) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gingerbread Pup it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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And In The Beginning (Armageddon's Blade Book 1)

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Cat Bowser rated a book really liked it Falling for the Winged Witch: A Villainous Twist on Wild Swans and Jack and the Beanstalk by Sarah Beran (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I received an ARC copy of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily. So, I love when authors tackle lesser known fairy tales and I can count the number of “Wild Swans” retellings I have read on one hand. It was so awesome to see another one becaus ...more
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I received an ARC copy of this book and I am leaving a review voluntarily. I am a big fan of the Pied Piper story, mainly because he fits so well into the “not a hero but not totally a villain” category. Especially depending on what version you read. ...more
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Cat Bowser rated a book liked it Falling for the Enchantress: A Robin Hood and King Arthur Retelling With a Twist by Lyndsey Hall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I received an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily. So, let me clarify that I consider three stars _good_. I absolutely recommend this book. I enjoyed this book. It simply didn’t have all the elements to make me love it. I love Morgaine ...more
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Cat Bowser rated a book it was amazing Falling For the Trickster: A Reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin by Lucy Tempest (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I received an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily I love when authors do fairy tale mash ups. It makes the story all the more unpredictable and this one uses my favorite fairy tale, Rumplestilskin, and slams it together with one I al ...more
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I received an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily. I adore this series because the setting of supernatural creatures but with such an awesome human-like world. Picturing the small town feel with the added whimsy of supernatural creatu ...more
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I received an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily. Okay, I love the indie cozy fantasy genre and this book is a perfect example of why. An elderly protagonist. A non elf protagonist. A journey to fulfill a friend’s final wish, with an ...more
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I received an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily. This is a perfect collection of creepy tales that never dip completely into the horror genre. Instead, they teeter on that edge between supernatural and fantasy which given the framin ...more
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I received an ARC of this book and am leaving a review voluntarily. First off, don’t let the amount of time I spent on this book make you think it’s slow or anything like that. Last year had a LOT going on for me so it took me so much longer to get th ...more
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I received an ARC of this book and am leaving my review voluntarily. If you love a deep, heavy world that will draw you in (as I do) then you are going to love this. The pages are dripping with history, beliefs, culture and all the things that make a ...more
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