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Shameez Patel Papathanasiou

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in Cape Town, South Africa

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Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult

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Shameez Patel Papathanasiou was born and raised in South Africa. She lives there with her husband, child and two cats named Turbo and Charger.

She considers herself a professional binge-watcher and fangirl. Don’t be surprised should you bump into her dressed as a Hobbit or Lady Loki and should you need anything from her, offer her a choc-chip cookie and her heart is yours forever.

Shameez fell in love with fiction, especially fantasy fiction at a young age. Her parents fondly recall receiving her first handwritten story before the age of ten, titled The Treasures of Zombie Island, which surprisingly featured no zombies at all.

She has been writing ever since.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 1,099 ratings · 462 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel (Goodreads Author), Shameez Patel Papathanasiou (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 763 ratings — 4 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 Last Feather (The Selene Trilogy, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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 Eternal Shadow 4.62 avg rating — 100 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 First King 4.69 avg rating — 45 ratings — 4 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
	An Acquired Taste 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings	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
	CEA Greatest Anthology Written by Adam Leggett (Goodreads Author), Adrian Johnson, Alistair Davidse 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2017 — 2 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
	My Mother Hated Christmas: A Christmas Flash Fiction 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	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
	CEA Writers without Boundaries Volume 1 (CEA General Fiction Anthology, #1) by Shaun M. Jooste (Goodreads Author), Wesley Jade, Shameez Patel Papathanasiou (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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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The Selene Trilogy (3 books)
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

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This book ticks everything off in the list of needs for a romantasy novel: - High stakes - ⁠Feisty heroine - ⁠Dark, sexy love interest (whew!) - ⁠A trio of friends that’ll warm your heart - ⁠and so many plot twists! Combined with the author’s easy-to-rea ...more
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Sexy and swoony. The author did a great job of capturing the struggles of invisible illnesses and I think a lot of people will feel seen reading this. There’s a perfect balance between real life issues and fantastical romance elements. I was especial ...more
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“In a world so full of pain and horror, it isn't a sin to feel happy. It's those moments that keep us going, that keep us sane, that remind us that there's something to fight for.”
― Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, The Last Feather

tags: happiness, inspirational, life-philosophy, pain

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