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    <body><![CDATA[A book that I absolutely adored as a young teenager and reread many, many times. Recently curiosity and a lucky find at a used book store led me to rediscover this book... and while it doesn't live up to the towering heights of my memory, it's still a fun and exciting fantasy novel. <br/><br/>Ther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73861581">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First off, I would like to say that I have been a fan of fantasy/fiction novels for quite some time. This was actually my first Norton outing (Lackey contributed as well), and unfortunately I was somewhat disappointed. I read overwhelmingly good reviews on this book and heard nothing but positive th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42056137">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Five out of five for the story-telling quality. Three out of five for the story per sey. The book did hold my interest but I just felt that it wasn't as absorbing as the <strong>Obsidian Trilogy</strong> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mercedeslackey.com/">Mercedes Lackey</a>. Still made me buy the second book, The Elvenblood. Waiting patiently for it to arrive in the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59764470">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Elves and dragons and halfbloods, oh my! A fun, fast, fairly light read. This book does have significant themes of power, conquest, and prejudice - somewhat thought provoking for that reason. Plot and themes are of primary importance, character development and depth secondary. Fairly two-dimensional...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52632323">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Recently I've been reading a number of books that I've owned, unread, for a few years, and this one did not disappoint.  The created world is complete and compelling; the dragons - and I have to admit that I am wary of books with dragons - were believable.  I'm looking forward to chasing down a copy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68748057">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Book slow to get into but kept my attention.  Got to a point I could not put it down.  Disappointed in the ending.  I felt the ending was abrupt and did not really help put closure to the story]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good sroty, can tell there is more than one person working on it, lacks a bit in coherency and is not quite up to the standard I am used to from Mercedes Lackey.  Feels like it is a little forced.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So it's been a very long time since I've read these books but as far as I can remember I enjoyed them...however, I'm not sure if I'd given them four stars if I were to read them today. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dragons!  Elves!  Wizard wars!  Crazy strong heroines fighting back against creepy sadistic sex slavery and uniting several different species of creature in the process!  So much <em>justice</em>! Hoorah!<br/><br/>[2nd read:]]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite a decent fantasy title -- definitely enjoyed the first half of the book, but the latter half is difficult to parse. And dragons are always win.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this series in high school. It's very long and the premise of the books are kind of silly but they're reeeeally good despite that. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the book but hated the ending.  The story had potential to end with a bang but instead ended in a puff of smoke.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first of the Halfblood Chronicles, I ended up reading this one second, but each are very well self contained.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Haven't read this one in a long time, but what I remember of it is really good. =)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again, a little slow. Nice idea, but the plot didn't have much momentum.]]></body>
    
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