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  <title><![CDATA[The Cipher (Crosspointe Chronicles, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Distant member of the royal Rampling family, Lucy Trenton's ability to detect majick has embroiled her in a dangerous intrigue that threatens her very life. Her only hope lies in her most persistent suitor, ship captain Marten Thorpe, but Lucy isn't sure she can trust him...</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">11</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Cipher: A Novel of Crosspointe</original_title>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lucy Trenton's special gift is the ability to sense magick, a useful trick in the town of Crosspointe, where enchanted sylveth can surge in with the tides, transforming and destroying every creature it touches. Lucy is a good, law-abiding citizen with one flaw: she collects true ciphers, magically c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12669575">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In an odd phenomenon I've rarely witnessed, the writing in the beginning of the book was immature at best: badly set-up flashbacks contrived to tell a lot of backstory in one fell swoop, more body language than necessary, the lead character's focus on what appeared to be an important side character ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60095399">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel begins with the best opening lines I've read in a long while:<br/><br/>    <blockquote>There were some days that deserved to be be drowned at birth and everyone sent back to bed with a hot brandy, a box of chocolates and a warm, energetic companion. Today was without question one of those days.</blockquote><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17244336">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best way to describe this author is a Tamora Pierce for adults.  Quite possibly the most exciting new author I've come across in a long time.  The plot is complex, the world complete, and the characters believable, what more could you ask for?]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite interesting world-building, with a fast-moving, complex plot. Some of the pieces don't quite seem to fit just perfectly, but it's a compelling read and a fine new series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It would have been four stars but the author made the mistake that sex is the same as romance.]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[readers who like Dawn Cook.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good worldbuilding.  Main character is a member of the royal family of her country but because the family has been in litigation for years she works as a custom inspector for incoming ships.  Her special ability is to be able to detect magick on others.  When a cipher (physical object with a spell i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8895569">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. I picked it up because I really enjoyed her first books (&quot;Path&quot; series) and when I read the back, I thought, well, I'll try it...Well, it was worth the read!  I hope she hurries up with more of this series! This is really good fantasy without e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20304882">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 14 08:23:54 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book came HIGHLY recommended...so I'm excited to read it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Review:<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fantasycafe.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-of-cipher.html" title="http://fantasycafe.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-of-cipher.html">http://fantasycafe.blogspot.com/2008/08/...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good book!! Can't wait to read the next one]]></body>
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