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I'm a trans woman author from New Zealand, who likes to write queer fantasy/urban fantasy with queer casts and transfemme mc's, usually sapphic. I started writing and posting on the webnovel sites as a hobby in 2019, and it has grown into being a lot more than what I initially thought. Writing is now a passion, as I really want to be able to share the worlds and characters that I have created and love very much. They do, after all, mean a lot to me.

My biggest complete series is Soul Flames, high fantasy with dragons, their riders, and the journey to deal with the evil that has plagued the world. I also have a shifter romance series (Paths for short, featuring dragons! then wolves!, book 2 due out this year), a litrpg book (Esper, with a cut ...more

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	Best Friends' Promise (Blood and Shadows #1) by Issy Waldrom (Goodreads Author), Mackenzie Sutton 4.54 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Esper and the Witch 4.47 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2022 — 5 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
	Heart's Claim (Where Our Paths May Cross, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2023 — 4 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
	Dawn Weaver: A tale of Dragon Riders 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2021 — 4 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
	What Lies Within 4.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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
	Soul Flames Volume 1 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021 — 4 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
	Soul Flames Volume 2 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2021 — 4 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
	Soul Flames Volume 3 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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
	Heart's Whispers: A Sapphic Shifter Romance (Where Our Paths May Cross Book 2) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Soul Flames Volume 4 4.67 avg rating — 3 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

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Heart's Whispers is out now!

It's taken a while to get it down, but I'm excited to announce that Heart's Whispers, the sequel to Heart's Claim, is now out! Amazon and itch thus far, with the rest of the usual storefronts and the paperback coming in the next few days.

Candace has her turn in the spotlight this time, struggling with her attraction to Myla, a new addition to the branch, as they investigate a anomaly that appears, Read more of this blog post »

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Issy Waldrom liked Heather's review of The Last Place on Earth (The Devil at the End #2): "Wow. I am so thankful to have found this author and these books!! Absolutely hooked. I am enamored with both Nicky and Meredith. Love me a morally gray sapphic age gap with the most relatable MC that makes it impossible to put the story down. So well" Read more of this review »
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Issy Waldrom rated a book it was amazing The Nibbled Bookmark: Volume 02 by Melody Avant	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
Cute, adorable, and a whole lot of fun. Scarlet and Violet are still a pair of disasters, but they really are perfect for each other. There teasing, the flirting, the pretty dresses and compliments... oh, and the necklace comes up again, and in a ver ...more
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Issy Waldrom and 3 other people liked KJ's review of The Last Place on Earth (The Devil at the End #2): "Oh em gee! I once again am here, and super grateful to have been given an advanced copy for free for the second book in one of my fav series! So, this book like the first, was top tier. I’m always obsessed with any kind of post apocalyptic stories, an" Read more of this review »
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Issy Waldrom liked 3DKing's review of Margin of Error: "Cute, double toaster-oven, a nice little side-drama and romance isn't a fix-all. Could go a little more indepth for certain topics. There are interesting side-characters, which could have been incorporated a little more, but it's still a very enterta" Read more of this review »
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Loved the opening half of the book. The pining, the hijinks, spice that was really really good. Aster and Sylvia really are a perfect match for each other, and vampires that are, well, vampiric. The book isn't dark, but neither of the characters are ...more
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This is definitely a Cait book, but not a vampire one. Mind you, overall, the series has really been more urban fantasy than paranormal/vampire, especially as Cait spent almost all of Black Mirror mortal, and then Green Rath was predominately Skaja's ...more
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