Romance
Strange Familiars
2026·432 pages
Rival scholars at a magical veterinary college must team up when excess magic surges rock London—while fighting their growing attraction.
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Rival scholars at a magical veterinary college must team up when excess magic surges rock London—while fighting their growing attraction.
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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 com...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Explicit open-door sex scenes; slow-burn academic rivals-to-lovers romance
Violence & gore
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Light gore and blood; off-page animal and human deaths; magical chaos
Profanity
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Frequent strong cursing and swearing throughout the narrative
Substance use
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Alcohol consumption; illicit misuse of prescription sedatives
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Brief mentions of dysphoria and anti-trans sentiment
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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Magic central to premise; magical veterinary college and familiars
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present
Political content
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Recurring themes of classism, privilege, racism, and power structures
Self-harm / suicide
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On-page depictions of self-harm
Abuse & suffering
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Parental emotional abuse; animal neglect; kidnapping and confinement
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