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Title: Strange Familiars
Book Series: The Seamere College Duology #1
Author: Keshe Chow
Genre: Adult Romance | Dark Academia | Romantasy
Release Date: May 20, 2026
Publisher: Ace | Berkley Publishing
Representation In Book: disability, mental illness, LGBTQ+, AAPI
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About The Book: 

All’s fair in love and magic.

Gwendolynne Chan just needs to get through her final year. At Seamere College of Magical Veterinary Sciences, she spends her days using her powers to heal companion animals while her nights are spent studying for exams. As the top student in the magical familiars stream, she is on track to be awarded Dux of the entire school – as long as the pretentious twat Harrisford Briggs doesn’t beat her to it.

Harrisford Briggs was born into privilege. His father, the Chief Financial Officer of Magecorp, a major global distributor of magic, expects him to come top of the year. Harrisford, though, can’t help but notice that his father has been acting odd. Really odd. And there are strange whisperings, too. Rumours of uncontrollable surges of excess magic, which Magecorp has been trying to cover up, as well as rampant corruption within the Magical Ministry itself.

When these magical surges begin to rock their way through London, causing chaos and explosions and familiars going feral, Gwen and Harrisford find themselves without a reliable source of magic, putting both of their academic careers at risk. To fix this, they must put aside their duelling feelings of lust and loathing, and – along with Gwen’s snarky cat familiar – team up to diagnose the problem. If they fail, not only is their education at stake, but also the fate of the magical world.

_{Content Warning: classism, cursing/swearing, medical/veterinary content, racism (mostly microaggressions), self-harm, sexual content (open door),  animal cruelty/neglect, animal death (occurs off page), human death (human death, occurs off page), blood, emotional abuse (parental), depictions of surgery, toxic relationship (parental), fire/fire injury, light gore, grief, animal pregnancy, animal birth, sexism,  alcohol (consumption), bullying, chronic illness, drug abuse (illicit use of prescription medications), drug use (as above), dysphoria (mentioned), gaslighting, gun violence, kidnapping, confinement, mental illness, misogyny, murder (mentioned), transphobia (mentioned), violence}

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About The Author: 

Keshe Chow lives in Naarm (Melbourne) with her husband, two kids, and an ice cream-obsessed cat named Wasabi. She is a qualified veterinarian with a specialty in cats (Feline Medicine, specifically).

She won the 2020 Perito Prize, the 2021 Yarra Literature Prize, the 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript, and the 2023 Uncharted Magazine Thrilling Contest. Her debut young adult fantasy novel The Girl With No Reflection was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller and has been shortlisted in the 2025 ABIA awards. Her second YA fantasy, For No Mortal Creature, released in October 2025 with Penguin Random House, and her debut adult fantasy, Strange Familiars, is due to come out in 2026.

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