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Francesca Astraea

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The United Kingdom

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Genre

Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

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June 2017

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Hi! I mostly use this space to keep track of books other people have recommended, but occasionally I add reviews, which are either very earnest or an absolute tyre fire of emotional vomit. I'm over on Insta, sometimes, @francescas_words. I write about books (and other things) over at francescasthoughts.com. Say hello if you see me!

Oh yeah I write books sometimes? Here's my ~professional bio~

Born in Rochford in 1995, Francesca Astraea decided at an early age that the worlds inside books and television were infinitely preferable to the real one. Initially put off the idea of being a writer because it requires one to sit alone and ignore people, she now finds sitting alone and ignoring people to be the most satisfying parts of the job. She liv ...more

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Average rating: 4.39 · 31 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Rotting Trees (Bezzina's Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Mirrornovel - Title TBC (Bezzina's Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Francesca Astraea liked em's review of I Survived ISIS: A Yazidi Woman's Escape from Genocide: "Incredibly insightful and difficult to read, this taught me so much about a genocide I didn’t even know had happened. Alomar gives the reader a raw, unedited look into her capture and the horrors she and her family lived through. I do think the writi" Read more of this review »
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Francesca Astraea liked em's review of Brother: "This was INSANE. I feel sick to my stomach, the twists just kept on coming. Poor Michael. What an incredibly well written and horrifying story. "
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Francesca Astraea rated a book really liked it Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu	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 perfect novel to read when you have naught point five working braincells and/or you're spending two hours in the snow waiting for a bus. Could we have a conversation about sapphic vampires and Tropes in Fiction? Probably. Do I want to? No, I'm st ...more
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Francesca Astraea rated a book really liked it My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author)	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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Francesca Astraea and 150 other people liked Maggie Stiefvater's review of Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1): "When I was 20, an old man slapped my ass as I was walking through the aisle of a rural Walmart. It's been twenty-three years and I still remember how I felt when I turned, mystified, to the guy. He had been expecting some other reaction, not puzzleme" Read more of this review »
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Francesca Astraea wants to read Decolonial Solidarity in Palestine-Israel: Settler Colonialism and Resistance from Within by Teodora Todorova	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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