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    <body><![CDATA[Marketing of books is strange, this beginning of a new trilogy, by an experienced author of some cult books nearly passed under my radar. Thank goodness it did not, it´s probably the best fantasy novel I have read recently. The setting is interesting, the economics of magic are original and suitabl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28368989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again Friedman produces a masterpiece.  Her books are consistently creative, deep, and satisfying.  This is no exception.  I find that in today's fantasy novels, true originality is very rare.  Mostly there are variations on an old theme, and rehashing and combining a couple of archetypal plots...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7380000">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At present, I would consider Martin and Friedman the best living authors of Fantasy.  Both are capable of rendering deeply 3 dimensional characters, endearing them to the readers (and presumably themselves) and offering them to the rightful fates that their worlds require.  That's no mean feat, when...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/439999">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful fast-paced fantasy book. It's dark in places and it's not saturated with sexuality or the usage of sexuality in order to play games with someone, either as a pawn or not. It's pretty refreshing, actually. Characters are believable and I hope for more characterization of some rath...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23753504">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another enjoyable read from CS Friedman, with her unique worlds and moral questions. There are few &quot;good guys,&quot; just people with dilemmas and resources to handle them in a variety of ways. I look forward to the next book in the series!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished this and I'm pretty pumped about starting the 2nd book in the series.  It seems like the first really original fantasy book that I've read in a long while.  It's actually NOT about some amazingly all-powerful magical object that can only be wielded by one person in the entire world, wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51190910">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish there were half stars in this rating system.  I often find it too unbalanced...<br/><br/>After reading the Coldfire trilogy earlier this year, I was intrigued by her writing.  This introduction to a new series stands out as a fairly amazing contrast to the fundamentals and feel of that seri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79695387">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started the second book and got to page 30 and then the first book came in at the library, so I've left off and starting from the beginning. Interesting take on the use of magic so far.<br/><br/>There is a lot the reader doesn't know about why this and why that and the only way to find out is to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61723934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good book, I look forward to the second book in the series. ALthough there is one cheesy sentence at the end of the next-to-last chapter that had me giggling for hours....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[CS Friedman's books always deliver...she manipulates the situation until you don't know where &quot;true north&quot; really is for both the principle characters and the reader. <br/><br/>In this &quot;Magister&quot; trilogy, local male and female witches use up their own life force as they use the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60640467">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love dark fantasy and I love magic that comes with a price. Here I got both and in spades! Imagine a medieval type world where magic is fueled by one's very life force. In the case of witches (refers to both genders) the cost is the shortening of your life; how short depends on how often and how m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44580127">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I grabbed this book with some reluctance--would the written delight me as did Friedman's books such as In Conquest Born and This Alien Shore, or leave me somewhat cold like the Coldfire trilogy.<br/><br/>Luckily for me, it was the former.  Feast of Souls is a wonderful beginning to a new trilogy, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36068307">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Friedman excels at writing conflicted protagonists.  <em>Feast of Souls</em> is no exception.<br/><br/>Kamala is a young woman sold by her mother into prostitution at a young age.  After years of suffering through it, she has learned that she is one of a few people who can use &quot;witchery,&quot; the abi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35841687">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm currently not reading this book, because it's something I have to take in small doses.  Perhaps if the author didn't have a distinctly femi-nazi attitude from the get-go, it might be a more bearable experience.<br/><br/>The premise of the story is that there are some &quot;witching folk&quot; ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32360831">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have the same feeling about this book as I did for <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/866136.The_Dreaming_Void_Void_Trilogy_Book_1_" title="The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy, Book 1) by Peter F. Hamilton">The Dreaming Void</a>: I really like the author's previous series, and this is just the first in the trilogy, so although it was not amazing, I will probably read the other books in the hopes that it was mostly setup and the series improves as a whole...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29660793">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Celia Friedman is one of those writers that I always forget that I like reading. It took me an age to the Coldfire books as a consequence. I'm going to make sure that I don't do the same with this trilogy. The first book was very entertaining. The plot was fast paced and the characters interesting. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41079278">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ CS Friedman has been one of my favorite authors across the year and I read all her works pretty much on publication so I was very eager to read this one, but I tried 3 or 4 times to get into it and I could not. <br/><br/> I thought that the book is just not for me, but I tried it one more time re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24544764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting idea about sustaining life by using anothers. Seems to bring out divergent opinions from readers about its purpose which is basically to entertain which I considered it did. Don't share some of the views expressed in the book by the author, but thought she did a good job at weaving them ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48712118">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like C.S. Friedman a lot, and I wanted to like this book more than I did.  The world here is just too unpleasant, and full of too many unpleasant people.  I think I'm supposed to like some of them, but I'm not sure which ones.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the story line of this book a lot.  The author does a really good job of creating worlds that are actually effected by the characters in her books.  ]]></body>
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