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    <body><![CDATA[Heart's Blood is a gripping tale which captivated my attention from page 1. There is so much about this novel that will please any reader. This enchanting tale is full of magic, romance, and mystery. Based on the legends of Beauty and the Beast, the tale follows Caitrin, a female scribe, as she atte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81802815">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had many of the elements I enjoy about Marillier's books:  a persistent sense of history (both familial and cultural), realistic but strong female characters, a romantic thread, side characters with personality, an atmosphere that adds to the suspense, and cool historical details.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81204686">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A young woman is running away from the demons in her past. She has come to the edge of the world, to the middle of nowhere. To a place darkened by fear and cast in shadows. She has come to Whistling Tor.<br/><br/>Caitrin has made her way west, as far as her funds could take her from her old life in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81050183">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Caitrin, a young scribe – and a woman in a man’s profession – is fleeing from her past and ends up at Whistling Tor. The place is old, and cursed, if the villagers are to be believed. But Anluan, the chieftain there, needs a scribe to translate his great-grandfather’s Latin documents and gru...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79270376">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Caitrin is running away. With only limited financial means, a change of clothes, and the precious instruments and materials she uses as a scribe—and a past she needs to escape—Caitrin only hopes she’ll be able to find a comfortable place to stay where she can use her skills to provide for hers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78794388">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Most of Marillier's books take a few pages to really suck me in, even Daughter of the Forest, which is one of my all-time favorite books. Not this one. I was hooked from the first sentence. Then when I finished, I wanted to flip to the beginning and read it again.<br/><br/>As with all her books, M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78651227">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this very hard to get into and only started feeling properly interested in about the last quarter, but I did enjoy reading it and found it gripping enough by the end.  Because of it being based on a fairy tale I knew from the start that Caitrin and Anlaun were *meant to be* which ruined what...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77197679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book. A classic Marillier, filled with fantasy, a strong heroine, and a wonderful romance.<br/><br/>HEART'S BLOOD is the story of Caitrin, an orphaned girl who has run away from the relatives who have usurped her throne. She tries to make a living off of her scribe skills, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78892409">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes a book comes along just when you need it. <em>Heart’s Blood</em> was like that for me. Between Juliet Marillier’s compelling tale-spinning and an underlying message about love and courage that I really needed to hear, it’s pretty safe to say I was moved deeply by this novel.<br/><br/>At its...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76911623">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While not my favorite of her books, I still felt compelled to read it in one day. I loved the twist on Beauty and the Beast. I did enjoy that this was a female character who started out weak and became very strong.<br/><br/>Caitrin is running away from a bad past. But the road she chooses takes her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77217021">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this, but not as much as other books by Marillier.  I had to suspend my disbelief quite a bit, particularly since this book dealt with book history.  However, I'm willing to go with historical stretches if the plot and characters are right, and this was a fairly solid novel.  I think Marilli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77922687">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>It was very good. But <em>not</em> amazing. <br/>Should be interesting enough for lovers of the original story (<em>Beauty &amp; the Beast</em>).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Caitrin and Anluan, the two main characters each have a past that haunts them.  When Caitrin makes it to Whistling Tor to escape abuse, she meets Anluan, a man full of shadows and without hope.  They will have to strive to find a way to change their lives for the better while they still have the cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72884339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sorry it has taken me a while to get to this.  School keeping me busy..  <br/><br/><br/><br/>I have been a fan of Marillier’s since Daughter of the Forest came out.  <br/><br/>When reading Heart’s Blood, I saw similar impacts between Caitrin and Sorcha.  Each were fragile in their own ways...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69010495">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Eighteen year old Caitrin, scholar and scribe, runs away from an abusive home life to the mysterious, other-wordly settlement of Whistling Tor. People shun the place because the woods leading up to the Chieftan's keep are said to be infested with all manner of ghostly, hostile creatures, and the kee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58838014">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Anluan has been crippled since childhood, part of a curse that has besieged his family and his home of Whistling Tor. But when the young scribe Caitrin is retained to sort through family documents, she brings about unexpected changes in the household, casting a hopeful light against the despairing shadows.<br/><br/>But to truly free Anluan’s burdened soul, Caitrin must unravel the web of sorcery woven by his ancestors before it claims his life—and their love…]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really looking forward to reading this book and Marillier did not disappoint.  Although this story cannot compare with the beloved Sevenwaters Trilogy, I found it brilliant in a different way.  Heart’s Blood was gothic and eerie but not overwhelmingly so.  It had somewhat of a Jane Eyre feel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52805169">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of whistling tor. The main protagonist is a girl named Caitrin who flees her home and ends up in the home of the chieftain of whispering tor. the settlement and chieftain have been plagued for many years by an eerie army. this story is how Caitrin showing up in whistling tor changes everyt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79799674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give this 2 1/2 stars if I could.  The mystery part of the story was good but, again, she added a few things that really weren't necessary.  Wildwood Dancing and Cybel's Secret are by far Marillier's best work.  There was nothing in those.]]></body>
    
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