Strange Familiars (The Seamere College Duology Book 1)
by Keshe Chow
May 19, 2026
Two scholars of magical veterinary science must put aside their lust and loathing to save the world in the first installment of this whimsical, romantic, dark academia duology.
All Gwendolynne Chan needs is to get through final year at Seamere College, where she is on track to graduate as number one —as long as the pretentious prat Harrisford Briggs doesn’t beat her to it.
Harrisford Briggs’s father, the chief financial officer of Magecorp, a major global distributor of magic, expects him to come top of the class. Harrisford, though, can’t help but notice that his father has been acting odd. And there are strange whisperings, too, of uncontrollable surges of excess magic.
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When these magical surges begin to rock London, causing chaos and explosions and animal familiars going feral, Gwen and Harrisford find themselves reluctantly involved, putting both of their veterinary careers at risk.
Along with Gwen’s snarky cat familiar, Gwen and Harrisford must team up to diagnose the problem. But as the two academic rivals fight their burgeoning feelings, they quickly realize that magic is not the only thing surging.
Strange Familiars by Keshe Chow is book 1 in a new magical series that feels like an adult Harry Potter world. Certainly not to the level of Potter (I can't say Potter unless doing it Alan Rickman style), but wizarding world abounds.
Love me some magics and all the wizarding world that flies around the night, with or without the broomsticks. Magic is and can be fun; this one is a fun whodunit story. A mystery in the world of the witching and the animals they love going a bit bonkers.
It's not a hard-hitting, action-packed bloodbath, but it's a fun romantic story of adult magic and certainly a well-thought-out mystery. Lots of follow-up books can come after this one. The author does a fantastic job laying down little breadcrumbs for more stories in the series.
Enjoyed this one, and it's a change of pace from my usual blood-and-guts vampire stories.
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Keshe Chow is a multi-award-winning Chinese Australian author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. Born in Malaysia, Keshe moved to Australia when she was two years old. Currently she resides in Naarm (Melbourne) with her partner, two kids, one cat, and way too many houseplants.
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