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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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January 24, 2023

REVIEW: Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewscoming home / Contemporary / NetGalley / Small-Town1 Comments

Dear Kate Clayborn, Georgie Mulcahy returns to her home town of Darentville, Virginia to spend some time with her best friend, Bel, and to sort out her life. She’s been working in Hollywood as a PA to a screenwriter and when said screenwriter decided to leave LA and try a ... more >

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January 11, 2023

Kaetrin’s Best of 2022

KaetrinNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2022 / Contemporary / historical mystery / male male romance / non-fiction / queer / science history / SFF10 Comments

Recommended Read

My reading year was up and down – a big slump in the middle didn’t help and the stress of moving house right near the end of the year meant I turned to comfort reads for the last 2 months or so. (In this time I read Kristen Ashley books ... more >

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November 22, 2022

REVIEW: Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviewsanxiety / autism / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / fake relationship / NetGalley / Shakespeare retelling2 Comments

Content notes: autism, anxiety, family conflict, gaslighting, emotional abuse Dear Chloe Liese, I have a confession to make. I haven’t read Much Ado About Nothing. I haven’t seen the movie either. Yes, I am a Philistine. Two Wrongs Make a Right is an homage to Much Ado so it’s probably ... more >

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November 15, 2022

REVIEW: Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactors / Contemporary / NetGalley / tv show2 Comments

Recommended Read

CW: Death of a parent, abandonment Dear Olivia Dade, Excuse me while I gush. I loved last year’s All The Feels – Ship Wrecked is even better. The book I read immediately prior took me more than two weeks to read. I read Ship Wrecked in two days. From the ... more >

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November 9, 2022

REVIEW: Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven

KaetrinBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsFantasy RomanceNo Comments

Note: Some spoilers for Dragon Unleashed follow. Dear Grace Draven, Raven Unveiled is the third book in your Fallen Empire series. It features Siora, a shade-speaker (she can communicate with ghosts) who had a brief role in Phoenix Unbound and a bigger one in Dragon Unleashed, and Gharek of Cabast, ... more >

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October 10, 2022

REVIEW: Into the Storm by Rachel Grant

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsarchaeologist / romantic adventure / romantic-suspense / SEAL / survival2 Comments

Dear Rachel Grant, Into The Storm is the first book in the Evidence: Under Fire series, where your Evidence and Flashpoint series’ meet and make babies. Evidence is a lengthy series and while I have them all (or most of them) on my TBR I haven’t read them all, unlike ... more >

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