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  <title><![CDATA[Sebastian (Ephemera, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Long ago, Ephemera was split into a dizzying number of magical lands-connected only by bridges that may take you where you truly belong, rather than where you had intended to go. In one such land, where night reigns and demons dwell, the half-incubus Sebastian revels in dark delights. But in dreams she calls to him: a woman who wants only to be safe and loved-a woman he hungers for while knowing he may destroy her.And an even more devastating destiny awaits him, for an ancient evil is stirring-and Sebastian's realm may be the first to fall.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Sebastian (Ephemera, #1)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Anne Bishop]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was really terrible.  Anne Bishop is known for writing id-fulfillment in fantasy novels, complete with as many abused Mary Sues as possible.  I expected lots of fluffy titilation with very little substance (no real plot or cohesive world building, I mean), but I was annoyed at how boring and du...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16685455">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 13 16:39:30 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 13 17:24:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nowhere as good as The Black Jewels Trilogy. I count the last book in that statement.<br/><br/>Bishop recycled a lot of themes from the Black Jewels trilogy: innocent girl misunderstood and abused by family, sexually experienced man falls for innocence. There are more, but I can't think of them ri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12429258">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38657982">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nicole]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who liked the Dark Jewels books]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 25 17:35:23 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 25 17:46:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thing about this book is, several of the characters are (more or less) characters that existed in the Jewels books, but brought into a new story. It's like...if I were a fanfic writer, and really loved the characters in the Jewels books, but wanted to see them in a different setting, this is wha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38657982">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64487015">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 22 03:21:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 22 03:40:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't, strictly speaking, <strong>read</strong> this book.  I listened to it as an audiobook.  It was, in fact, the first fiction audiobook I've listened to from my audible account.<br/><br/>I chose this book because I had recently finished reading <em>Daughter of the Blood,  Book 1 of the Black Jewels Trilogy</em> by A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64487015">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54855279">
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    <name><![CDATA[Shelby]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Des Moines, IA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 03 21:20:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 21:24:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this....this was a bit of a guilty pleasure. A book about a hot half-incubus with a cute boy on the cover? Why not?<br/><br/>The series is a little too...underwritten for me, but the world that Bishop created is delightful. I really appreciate creative ideas of  magic, and I enjoyed Ephemera...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54855279">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56532296">
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 08 13:48:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Sebastian</em> focuses on a fantasy land called Ephemera that was broken up into different &quot;landscapes.&quot; One of the landscapes is called the Den of Iniquity, home to incubi, succubi, and other demons. It's also home to Sebastian, a half-incubus who longs for something other than carnal pleasure...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56532296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28954293">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chasidy]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 16:08:51 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 31 23:01:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 27 16:08:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Considering this was the very first book I've read by Anne Bishop, I found this book to be very complex and brought new meaning to the hearts true desires. The war between light and dark forces in this world set a strange balance in my views of good and evil.]]></body>
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    <review id="49030405">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 08:48:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 01:59:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Neste livro, temos um mundo diferente das Jóias Negras, com regras e raças diferentes – Mundo Efémera.<br/>No início, senti-me um pouco perdidas com estas paisagens (Mundos) e personagens, mas logo fiquei presa à leitura e não queria parar.<br/>Tudo começa quando o Ente (ou Devorador do M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49030405">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59708243">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tracy]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 15 02:52:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 15 02:52:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really love Anne Bishop's Black Jewell series of books, but wasn't as enthralled by the Tir Alain series.  So, when she started in this third setting, I wasn't sure if I should try it or not.  I finally got a deal on both books and boy am I glad.  This book is excellent...ok, I am prejudiced towar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59708243">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45727575">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amy ]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 08 07:50:59 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 28 21:25:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've really gotten to like Anne Bishop's writing. The lands she creates are ones that actually come to life in my mind, which sometimes seems to be hard for authors to do. The one complaint that I have is sometimes I feel a bit detached from her characters. I'm not sure if it's me or them or some co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45727575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46873607">
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    <name><![CDATA[Otto]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 19 11:31:45 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 12 07:24:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good romantic sub-plot should enhance the main plot of a book. It should give the reader insights into the characters that the reader wouldn't otherwise have. It should be well thought out and well written, and above all, believable.<br/><br/>The &quot;romance&quot; (if you could call it that) i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46873607">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42586578">
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 06:13:23 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Depois de vários livros centrados no mundo das Jóias Negras (Trilogia, Teias de Sonhos e Anel Oculto), eis que somos confrontados com um novo mundo criado pela imaginativa Anne Bishop. Gosto muito da forma como esta autora cria de raiz mundos tão interessantes e originais: por mais improváveis q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42586578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21718208">
    <user id="1128100">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved it. If you liked Anne Bishop's other books (the Dark Jewel Trilogy), you will probably like this book. There is a lot of similarity between the characters in this book and the previous series, but without the gross pedophilia. The world is a really neat place where thoughts bring about your ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21718208">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18527448">
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    <name><![CDATA[Shannon]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ephemera is a world of fractured landscapes linked by stationary or resonating bridges that take you where your heart wants to go more often than where your will intends. It is a world of humans, demons, wizards and Landscapers, a world that listens to the hearts of its creatures all, resonating wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18527448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9796964">
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    <name><![CDATA[Natalie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 01 05:51:37 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 01 06:06:26 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hate to criticize Anne Bishop since the Black Jewels trilogy is among my favorite books of all time, but... I just don't like anything she's done outside the BJT universe.  I didn't like the Tir Alainn trilogy particularly, but Sebastian was just bad.  :(<br/><br/>Much like the Tir Alainn trilogy,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9796964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Domtheknight]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved Anne Bishop's other books, and I've been waiting to read this one (until the second one got released) because she often puts in a sort of cliff-hanger ending.  Anyway, I like the new world; as usual, Bishop leaves details in the dark until the final confrontation, which I like.  The basic te...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17316101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I finished in about two days. I liked the story but it had too many things that felt like Bishop's Black Jewel Trilogy that sometimes it was hard not to think of the main female character Belladonna as the main female rom BJT. All in all though it was a good story and an interesting new world that s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38696863">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The same things that sold me on the Dark Jewel Trilogy, got me here, too. Sebastian's world in wonderfully dark and decadent, the details stunning. His character is amazing, as well as the simplicity of his romance. Bishop never uses the great drama that usually comes hand in hand with romance. She ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42667136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this one after I read Belladonna, and I have to say, I would have understood more about Belladonna, more easily, if I'd read this one first.  It really explains all the different types of people/creatures/magic/whatnot that goes on in this fantasy world.  Its an engaging read.  There's some g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22864183">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thing that makes Anne Bishop's books so good is that they are right on the edge of reality. They contain enough of our real world and then she goes one step further into a whole new world that you want to find that secret door into! I love the Black Jewels books and these are just as good! I nee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69945704">more...</a>]]></body>
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