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    <body><![CDATA[ This book kept me interested every minute i was reading it. I didn't even want to put the book down at times.The most thing i like about this book is that two cousins world is both have huge turnovers but each one thinks that the other is not having as much difficulty as the other.The author sets u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75576501">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book. It read fairly well. The story interested me and the last few chapters of the book were quite good.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[OMG!! This book was so amazing. It was so good that I actually was waiting for it to end bad, but I was happy with the ending. I couldn't put the book down and although I couldn't wait to see what happened next, I didn't want it to end. I have absolutely no complaints about this book. ]]></body>
    
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