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    <body><![CDATA[While I didn't find this as good as others in the series, it was good. The problem is that most of the book was static, stuck in Fortunalt, on the Fortune estate. It got a teeny bit boring hearing about Wen following Karryn about and playing connecto with Jasper day after day after interminable day,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39537369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sigh. I guess I went into Fortune and Fate with high expectations, and was kind of disappointed. While I was reading Reader and Raelynx I knew that Wen would be the main character of Fortune and Fate, so I tried to pay a little more attention to her in R&amp;R, and was kind of curious to see what her st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54151012">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book almost as much as the first three.  I loved that the original characters were still a big part of the plot.  I'm still not sure how believable the love interest was, but it didn't bother me as I was reading, so I guess it was believable enough.  I think the only thing that made it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40845473">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this book right up until somewhere around 3/4 of the way through it.  I was doubting that I would like this book nearly as much as the other books in the series since the main characters of the previous books aren't in it as much.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked it ev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40520896">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Actually, I'd give this book 4 1/2 stars.<br/><br/><em>Fortune and Fate</em> is part of Sharon Shinn's &quot;Twelve Houses&quot; series, set in Gillengaria.  This novel takes place two years after the end of <em>Reader and Raelynx</em> and tells the story of Wen, a former King's Rider who exiled herself after being...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36683408">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For the Rider Wen, peace in Gillengaria has only brought despair. Plagued by guilt for failing to protect her king, Wen has fled the royal city and given herself the penance of a life of wandering, helping strangers in need, making sure they remain just that: strangers.<br/>Until the day she helps a terrified young woman abducted by an overeager suitor. The girl, she discovers, is the daughter of one of those who rose against the dead king, and is now heir to the great estate known as Fortune. Once she has delivered her safely home, Wen wants nothing further to do with the girl or her family.<br/>But fate has other plans...For behind the walls of Fortune, Wen will find her future - and she will finally confront the ghosts of her past.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this 5th installment of the &quot;Twelve Houses&quot; series, though it took a bit of adjustment to accept someone other than one of the main 6 characters (or one of those characters' love interest) as a main narrator for the book. Once I got used to having Wen as a narrator, though, I got...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40968045">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very pleased by this book.  I went in not thinking I would like it as it was not centered around my beloved rag tag group of 6, but the characters in this were just as endearing.  We were even treated to a bit of the original characters which was just enough to tie the story lines together and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43571039">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another foray by Shinn into the world of Riders and Mystics. Not sure if this is specifically a YA series (it reads like one) but I've enjoyed the books in this series although not as much as the Samaria books.  Shinn has created a likable cast of characters allied with the young queen of the realm ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47339541">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've enjoyed all of the Twelve Houses series. In the prior book, the Southern Houses had rebelled against King Baryn. Despite the best efforts of the King's Riders, king Baryn was murdered. Wen blamed herself and declined the invitation to take the loyalty oath and remain a Rider for Queen Amalie. F...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46324144">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Moving off from the stories of the original six characters, this one takes on the story of what happened to Wen after the war.  It's nice to have a fresh set of characters and political challenges, although I'm getting tired of the royal-progression plot device.  The romance felt more tacked-on than...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71880510">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Truthfully I didn’t want to read this because I found so much closure in the 4th book.  I am glad that I did.  After spending so much time with the close family in the first four books, I wasn’t thrilled to carry the series on with an undeveloped character.  It was, again not surprisingly, a bea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58338564">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I always know I will enjoy a Sharon Shinn book and I'm esp. fond of her 13th House series. Kirra, Justin and Senneth - my faves. I got hints she might treat us to another visit to the Lirrenlands, so I'm thrilled.<br/><br/>Romance, battles, politics, grief, friendship - Sharon Shinn is like an esp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40456624">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fun turn in the Twelve Houses.  Wen's self-loathing felt heavy-handed at times, but I read this one as a before-bed-wind-down treat, and that's what it was.  Other readers didn't care for l'amour scenes, but I found them enjoyable and necessary to show a softer side to Wen.  ]]></body>
    
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