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    <body><![CDATA[I really feel like this book is more of a 3.5 stars, but I will give it the benefit of the doubt with 4.<br/><br/>First off, what I liked: The story was really creative.  I feel like, with all the thousands of books that have been written, it's hard to find something truly original without writing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57492375">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Alex Flinn did it again. After reading Beastly I got excited when I saw another book by Alex Flinn. Nothing To Lose was a really compelling page turner for me. The Story is set in two different times. Now don't think this is Sci-Fi but its told all in the main character, Micheal Daye's, point of vie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42266270">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was not my favorite Alex Flinn novel. It's just all right. I felt like the character development was missing in this one. Normally Alex Flinn is really good at making you empathize with and understand everyone's side. I didn't really care that much about Michael and, I hate to say it, but I did...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81201027">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book about a young boy who's life starting spinning out of control when he step father is abusing his mother and there is nothing that he can do to stop. Then one day, after he quit the football team and left all of his friends, an old friend asked to take him to the fair. When Michael get...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55997154">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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