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    <body><![CDATA[ &quot;The Turning&quot; has everything a great book should have; action, undeniable chemistry between characters, anticipation and vibrant with just enough description of what (or who)their doing =) It really mirrored Karen Marie Monings &quot;Fever&quot; series a whole lot for me. From everything ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41613438">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  I had been skipping over it for other books but I'm glad I finally got to it. It was a great story of a doctor that shouldn't ever have been a doctor being accidentally turned into a vampire.  <br/><br/>Jennifer Armnitrout is about my age and that was cool so I got a lot of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21401424">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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