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Josie Jaffrey

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in Reading, The United Kingdom

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Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult

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Josie is a dark fantasy, paranormal romance and historical fiction author who writes about lost worlds, dystopian societies and morally-ambiguous monsters (vampires are her favourite). She has published multiple novels and short stories. Most of those are set in the Silverse, an apocalyptic world filled with vampires and zombies.

Josie is the founding editor of indie fantasy magazine Indie Bites (www.silversunbooks.com) and the writer of the urban fantasy podcast Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective (www.jackvalentinepod.com).

She’s currently working on vampire murder mysteries (the Seekers series) and a YA series centred around Atlantis and the lost civilisations of the Mediterranean (the Deluge series). Researching the latter is the first t ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 1,907 ratings · 1,043 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gilded King (Sovereign, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	May Day (Seekers #1) 4.18 avg rating — 210 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bargain in Silver (Solis Invicti, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Queen (Sovereign, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wolf and The Water 3.79 avg rating — 97 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood Prince (Sovereign, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killian's Dead (Seekers #0.5) 3.90 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judgement Day (Seekers #2) 4.50 avg rating — 68 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of Silver (Solis Invicti, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 65 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bound in Silver (Solis Invicti #3) 4.46 avg rating — 61 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Josie Jaffrey

The Silverse (14 books)
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Josie Jaffrey (Goodreads Author)

4.20 avg rating — 1,363 ratings

Sovereign (3 books)
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Josie Jaffrey (Goodreads Author)

4.12 avg rating — 526 ratings

Seekers (4 books)
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Josie Jaffrey (Goodreads Author)

4.18 avg rating — 417 ratings

Solis Invicti (4 books)
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4.24 avg rating — 366 ratings

Indie Bites (20 books)
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Josie Jaffrey (Goodreads Author) (Author and editor),

Harrison Lake,

C DiCocco,

AJ Van Belle,

Adie Hart (Goodreads Author) (Author and editor),

Lila Gwynn (Goodreads Author),

Ceril N. Domace (Goodreads Author),

JW Langton

4.57 avg rating — 192 ratings

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A Dying Light in Corduba (Marcus Didius Falco, #8)

by Lindsey Davis

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Brain Trust (Mercy Watts Mysteries #8)

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Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer

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An utterly immersive Choose-Your-Path horror short story. I loved it so much that I read every possible iteration of the story, and it still took me less than an hour, which was part of the appeal for me: it was never too long or labyrinthine. It’s l ...more
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A cosy sapphic fae story, with OCD and anxiety rep, plus realistic depictions of the addictive power of crochet! Great for readers who like to be transported by portal fantasy.
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The MC in this book has a deeply debilitating anxiety disorder, which pervades the whole story in a way that feels real and frightening. Hall has done an incredible job at making it loom. This means that Hall’s usual humour and the baking fun is shun ...more
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Hugely enjoyable and essential reading for Bake Off fans who like romance. Inevitably, I’m going to compare this with Boyfriend Material and find it a bit wanting because Boyfriend Material is the funniest romance novel I’ve ever read and I adored it ...more
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“Exhaling heavily, I sank back down into the sofa and picked up the book again. When I'd read the same sentence five times, I decided I wasn't going to be able to lose myself in the story and returned it regretfully to the pile of books on the coffee table.”
― Josie Jaffrey, A Bargain in Silver

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“Strange how much damage we can cause without even trying,”
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“I guess you can never really know someone, even, perhaps especially, when you're in love.”
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