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Katherine Shaw

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Katherine Shaw is a multi-genre writer and self-confessed nerd from Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, spending most of her time dreaming up new characters or playing D&D. She has a passion for telling stories of injustice and battles against oppression, often with a focus on female protagonists.

You can find out more about Katherine at her website (www.katherineshawwrites.com), where you can also sign up to her Mail Club to receive exclusive news and updates.
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In The Wake of the Kraken

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Welcome to Simmins, Detecti...

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Even If We're Broken by A.M. Weald
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This has been on my Kindle for a while and I'm so glad I finally got around to reading it.

While the book contains a lot of elements of a classic romance novel, there's something very fresh and different about this story. I loved the second-c
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World Running Down by Al Hess
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Wow, what a cracking story. This is the second book I've read by Al Hess, and they really have a skill for taking a big sci-fi story and zooming right into the characters to give us a very personal and human narrative. While there was a gripping stor ...more
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Holding on to Bluebell Lodge by Rachel Bowdler
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This is a lovely sapphic romance, and a perfect palate cleanser for reading between heavier stories.

The book begins right in the thick of it, with Willow's world falling apart around her, and I loved getting thrown right into the story. While I did w
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The Dahlia and the Wizard by Gabriel Hargrave
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This sequel is joyous and heart-breaking and enthralling, and I need the next book yesterday.

While the book contains all of the character development, relationship-building and unrestrained queer love that I've come to expect from Hargrave, the overa
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Parasocial by Wendy Dalrymple
Parasocial
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When I went into this thriller about when parasocial relationships go wrong, I thought I knew what I was getting into, but the story took a turn I did not expect that led somewhere altogether different!

It's difficult to get into the twists without ge
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One Morning Sun by Avi Silver
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I was beyond excited when I saw the final book of the Saoni Cycle was coming out, and One Morning Sun did not disappoint!

While I continued to enjoy the lush rainforest setting and the rich and fascinating lore, where the book really shines is in the
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Being Demi by M.G. Mason
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Being a friend of the author and someone who is grey asexual myself, I found this to be a very moving and relatable book, and I became quite emotional by the end.

It's a short read, but through both the simple yet powerful acrostic poems and essays de
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Hollow Cry by A.E.  Bennett
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A. E. Bennett has smashed it out of the park again with this latest Serrulata Saga tale! I have been desperate to find out what happened to Aurora after she was kidnapped during the main series, and while her story wasn't what I expected, I thoroughl ...more
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Leo Rising by Gabriel Hargrave
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Gabe's greatest skill as an author is making you fall in love with his characters, and it was SO good to spend time with my best boy Laith and the rest of the OatL gang again.

This short novella bridges the gap between books 2 and 3 in the ma
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What The Sea Knows by J.K. Divia
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Selkie folklore is something I've always been intrigued about but never quite got into, and it was great to get to dive into it with this atmospheric and mysterious tale.

The story starts off with a very modern and human scenario - a woman desperate t
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