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Cat Rector

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Fantasy, Myth Retellings

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July 2014

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About the Author

Cat Rector grew up in a small Nova Scotian town and could often be found simultaneously reading a book and fighting off muskrats while walking home from school. She devours stories in all their forms, loves messy, morally grey characters, and writes about the horrors that we inflict on each other. After spending nearly a decade living abroad, she returned to Canada to resume her war against the muskrats. When she’s not writing, you can find her playing video games, spending time with loved ones, or staring at her To Be Read pile like it's going to read itself.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 1,474 ratings · 544 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Goddess of Nothing At All (Unwritten Runes, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 915 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Epilogues for Lost Gods (Unwritten Runes, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 222 ratings — 6 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
	This Too Shall Burn 4.45 avg rating — 132 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
	Coal Gets In Your Veins (Vampires of Coal Dust, #1) by Cat Rector (Goodreads Author), Leslie Allen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Threads of Fate (Unwritten Runes, #2.5) 4.56 avg rating — 62 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
	Monsters In Masquerade by Robin Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Isabel Cañas (Goodreads Author), Angela Montoya (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2025	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
	Learning To Bleed (Vampires of Coal Dust, #2) by Cat Rector (Goodreads Author), Leslie Allen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 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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1. The Kickstarter for Epilogues for Lost Gods starts soon! Hit the Notify Me button to get a ping when the Kickstarter launches. Backers can get the audiobook, personalized physical books, custom narration, and character art keychains!

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Series by Cat Rector

Unwritten Runes (3 books)
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Cat Rector (Goodreads Author)

4.17 avg rating — 1,199 ratings

Vampires of Coal Dust (2 books)
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Cat Rector (Goodreads Author),

Leslie Allen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

4.40 avg rating — 78 ratings

Cat is Currently Reading

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Company Town

by Madeline Ashby (Goodreads Author)

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Learning To Bleed (Vampires of Coal Dust, #2)

by Cat Rector (Goodreads Author)

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This book, like the first in the series, means a lot to me. While the first was a novel focused solely on life inside a deeply traumatized communit ...more "

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“Flowers blossom most thoroughly when given time, affection, and kindness. This is, I suspect, true for most things in life.”
― Cat Rector, The Goddess of Nothing At All

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“You read her books?”
Loki held up a finger. “Don’t say it. She’s one of the best Elven storytellers, and you should have expected it.”
“She writes love stories!” I teased.
He scoffed. “And why should I not want to be wooed?”
― Cat Rector, The Goddess of Nothing At All

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“I…” the answer needed to be honest. An easy yes would do me no good. “I will make mistakes. I know I will. But I’m ready to be more than what others made me, than what I turned myself into. I’m going to try.”
― Cat Rector, Epilogues for Lost Gods

tags: inspirational, loki

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