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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed the first in this trilogy, so maybe my expectations were too high for this story to meet.<br/>This story focuses on Kate's sister Emily and the globin Seylin who looks a lot like an elf, to his dismay.  They have grown up together and Seylin is ready to propose marriage to Emily, w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49680587">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Several years after the events of the first book, Kate's sister Emily gets the spotlight. <br/><br/>After she accidentally rejects the goblin Seylin's proposal, he leaves the kingdom (with Marak's permission of course) and decides to find the elves. When Emily learns why he ran away, she leaves to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64148186">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked how the story centers more on Emily and Seylin. He is a wonderful character, very likable and complex. A goblin who looks like an elf? A child of two worlds. I loved how he found his true identity. I was a little upset at Emily for her actions in the beginning of the story, but I guess that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56514563">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this even better than the first book! Dunkle's unorthodox interpretation of the goblins gets its counterpoint in this book, in which Seylin goes to find the last of the elves, feeling that he is more elf than goblin. More is revealed about the history of the disappearance of the elven race. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51525201">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second title in Dunkle's <em>Hollow Kingdom Trilogy</em>, <u>Close Kin</u> follows the dual narratives of Emily, younger sister of Kate, the heroine of the first book, and Seylin, the goblin who loves her. When Emily fails to recognize a marriage proposal from her old friend, the resultant hurt and misunderstan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22846091">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sequel to The Hollow Kingdom.  Emily is old enough to marry, she is unaware of suitors trying to gain her attention.  One day when Seylin tried to propose she gets angry and dismisses him.  Seylin is crushed and asks to leave the Goblin kingdom to search for the few remaining elves.  After Seylin de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59788901">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book did not disappoint as the second book. It's not really a trilogy, but more of a continuation telling a different story about different people. The main characters of the first book are just minor characters in this one, so it could easily stand alone. I really enjoyed it. There are great t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81116240">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was really good, but they didn't cover anything about how they just ended the elven race. Nothing. The women were happier with the goblins, but now there are no elf women left in the world. Seylin left Rowan, Willow, and Thorn his clothes and knife, but Marak didn't send them books on elvish, or ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50096054">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was very much like the first book. And I still didn't love them. I did try, but I found myself getting very bored and had to force myself through this one. I feel horrible to say that I didn't like this book, and think I might be killed by lisa, but I just wasn't all that impressed. it was still ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51996744">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this just much as the first book in this trilogy, maybe even more.  Fun characters, and there are always unexpected twists in these books.  Again, a little on the younger side, but I do appreciate a light read that entertains me without feeling like a waste of time.  Fun.]]></body>
    
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