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    <body><![CDATA[In a time of vampire obsessions, the idea behind this book was fantastic. I loved the idea of some other creature that is dependent on humans and feeds off them but needs something besides their blood. On that note, I also had a great appreciation for Samantha and her obsession with classical vampir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70581298">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book. The vampire novels that are written now a days express the stereotypical blood sucking vampires. However, Patrick Jones totally took another approach to the definition of a vampire. At first I was a little skeptical since I have a fascination with the whole smooth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64449219">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[THE TEAR COLLECTOR is a quick read and an interesting concept. No, it's not quite vampires, but it is about supernatural creatures that feed off of humans. Cassandra and her Family are a sort of emotional succubi. In order for their kind to survive, they must cause sorrow and collect and consume hum...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69186985">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The premise of this story sounded so different and unique. A vampire that didn't need blood to survive, but rather lived off the tears of humans. I was pretty skeptical at first. I haven't read anything by Patrick Jones before, but could he really pull this off?<br/><br/>Cassandra was an interesti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72177656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Tear Collector</em> turns vampire lore completely on it’s head, and I’m not sure that it really worked.<br/><br/>I felt that the lore and myth of Patrick Jones’ vampires was vague and undefined. For a large part of the book I was grasping every tendril of information I could find. And it just...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71054723">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a tough book to reivew as I found the protagonist so unlikeable that it was hard for me to hope that she'd get what she wanted, a human life. Having read all of her story, I'm still not sure I understand exactly what she is or what her family is. Is her great-grandmother, the Veronica, who w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70174981">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While the premise for this vampire book is unique, it failed to work for me. It's supposed to be a paranormal book, but I never really got the paranormal aspect. It read much more like any contemporary fiction novel about a girl trying to break away from her family mold. It seemed like the paranorma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67516393">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the idea of The Tear Collector. When I read that the main character was a girl who basically lived off human tears, I was intrigued. While I felt that the idea of the book was well conceived, I didn't think the novel was very well executed. <br/><br/>One aspect that I felt was a maj...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64328994">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Fans of urban fantasy should prepare for a new kind of vampire–one that feeds off of tears instead of blood. Descended from an ancient line of creatures that gain their energy from human tears, Cassandra Gray depends on human sorrow to live. Only Cass has grown tired of living this life and wants to live like a human, especially now that she's met someone worth fighting for. &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jones introduces us to a new world where sorrow and grief is fed upon and celebrated like no other...<br/><br/>Cassandra Gray is a new breed of vampire that feeds off of human emotions through tears, she constantly finds herself questioning her true nature and the possibility of going against ever...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58046878">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cassandra is a teen vampire. But not. Instead of feeding on blood, she and her family thrive on human sufferring.<br/>I love Patrick Jones, but I did not enjoy The Tear Collector as much as I have enjoyed his other novels. The book seemed to only gel for me during the last act, so to speak. I was m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69593383">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the complexity of the characters in the book, however it was very drawn out for me. The plot was somewhat anti-climactic to me and felt circular. It was a good read though if you're looking for a different kind of &quot;vampire&quot; myth. Cassandra Gray and her family is a new type of cre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76106416">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A new version of vampires that will throw u off completely! Strangely enough, ive had the plot of this story in my head for several years prior to its publishing. freaky weird my idea shows up published years later. a few differences in our ideas but still so similar.....-shudder-]]></body>
    
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