false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255637220m/963508.jpg 963508 10 For Paula, accompanying her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true, and even better, he is allowing her to act as his assistant. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact, a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her followers. It's the only remnant of a lost pagan cult. But it soon becomes clear they are playing at a dangerous game. A colleague of Paula's father is found murdered. There are rumors of Cybele's cult reviving within the very walls of Istanbul. And most telling of all, signs have begun to appear to Paula; signs that can only be coming from the mystical Other Kingdom, urging her to unlock Cybele's secret. Paula doesn't know who in Istanbul she can trust and finds herself drawn to two very different men: a mysterious, dashing pirate and her bodyguard, Stoyan. As time begins to run out, Paula realizes they may all be tied up in the destiny of Cybele's Gift, and she must solve the puzzle before unknown but deadly enemies catch up to her. 948409 book 2007 Cybele's Secret total:798|5:285|4:331|3:150|2:27|1:5| 798 3258 1355 225 5 7 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 22:39:17 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 22:50:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Mar 02 12:16:52 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 09:53:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 14:23:08 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 12:41:47 -0700 2008
When I read _Wildwood Dancing_, the accompanying first volume in this series, I ended up staying up quite late to finish the book, something I've almost never done as an adult. (I can count on one hand the number of times) Well, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 19:18:27 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 19:54:37 -0700 2008 Juliet Marillier's books from Australia once because I couldn't wait for it to be released here.

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Paula is a scholar, quite excited about her first trip abroad. Little does she realize that this vacation wi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 11:14:50 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 11:24:19 -0700 2009 Cybele's Secret is no different, though, after I got to the end, I wondered exactly WHY I loved it so much.

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times when I just wanted the book to end so I could read the next book waiting
for me.

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The book felt so contradictory, on the one hand you had the scholar Paula who is this forward thinking, brainy, almost feminist woman, who travels all the w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 12:04:03 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 12:13:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:49:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:27:17 -0700 2009
Cybele's Secret is a companion novel to Marillier's first YA novel venture, the incredibly popular Wildwood Dancing...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:43:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 04:56:50 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 15 02:09:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 19:51:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=963508