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About Kaetrin

Kaetrin started reading romance as a teen and then took a long break, detouring into fantasy and thrillers. She returned to romance in 2008 and has been blogging since 2010. She reads contemporary, historical, a little paranormal, urban fantasy and romantic suspense, as well as erotic romance and more recently, new adult. She loves angsty books, funny books, long books and short books. The only thing mandatory is the HEA. Favourite authors include Mary Balogh, Susanna Kearsley, Joanna Bourne, Tammara Webber, Kristen Ashley, Shannon Stacey, Sarah Mayberry, JD Robb/Nora Roberts, KA Mitchell, Marie Sexton, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, just to name a few. You can find her on Twitter: @kaetrin67.

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Illustrated cover in blue and yellow of a white man and a woman on a sailboat on the ocean
March 2, 2021

REVIEW: Float Plan by Trish Doller

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBahamas / Contemporary / disability / grief / sailing6 Comments

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CWs: Discussion of death by suicide, mental illness, disability Dear Trish Doller, Way back in the day I read Something Like Normal and I’ve been a fan of your work ever since – albeit that I stick to the romance titles because I need my HEA. You wrote a lot ... more >

Illustrated cover showing a starry purple night sky and a cityscape with one building in colour (blue) and windows lit up, the other buildings are outlines only. There are love hearts over the top of the lit up building
February 26, 2021

REVIEW: Love at First by Kate Clayborn

KaetrinA Reviews / Recommended ReadsChicago / Contemporary / found family / rivals to lovers13 Comments

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Dear Kate Clayborn, Oh what a delight this book was. I think I was expecting a book a little more serious, a little more like Love Lettering which I enjoyed in a different way. But as it happened, Love at First has a different tone, a more… light-hearted charm. There’s ... more >

Mustard yellow illustrated cover. A bearded Indian man looks at his phone on the left and a Desi woman in a hijab is on a screen on the right.
February 16, 2021

REVIEW: First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / fake relationship / multicultural romance / POC / POC authorNo Comments

Dear Alisha Rai, I’ve read and enjoyed the first two books in your Modern Love series so I was very keen to read Jia’s book. Jia Ahmed is the youngest sister of Sadia from Wrong to Need You. At the end of The Right Swipe, Jia came to stay with ... more >

Illustrated cover of a stylish white man and a Black man in a dark suit on either side of a huge bunch of flowers with a banner in pink reading "Love"
January 27, 2021

REVIEW: Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking for Love by Kim Fielding

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / forced proximity / Gay / interracial-romance / office romance / only one bed / pansexual / POC2 Comments

Some people search their whole lives to find love. He just wants to avoid it. Teddy Spenser spends his days selling design ideas to higher-ups, living or dying on each new pitch. Stodgy engineer types like Romeo Blue, his nemesis—if you can call someone who barely talks to you a ... more >

January 15, 2021

Kaetrin’s best of 2020

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 20206 Comments

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Well, 2020 pretty much sucked. I suffered my way through a number of reading slumps and spent a long time doing something I hardly ever did before – re-reading. I turned to comfort reads for weeks at a time because things were just awful. I didn’t read as many new ... more >

January 4, 2021

On Susanna Kearsley: gleanings and the value of them

KaetrinLetters of Opinion / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Fantasy / Historical / time slip15 Comments

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Earlier this year, I read The Deadly Hours – well 2 of the stories in it anyway – which featured Weapon of Choice by Susanna Kearsley. The POV character is Hugh, who was the male lead in A Desperate Fortune. Hugh and Mary are most prominently featured but there are ... more >

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