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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:29:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:23:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[What a thrilling ride!  This is a real gem of paranormal fiction!  As both a parapsychologist and a SCAdian, this was a treat to read - to see the fledgling view of both, the beginnings of a dream and a delightful fantasy blended together by an artist's hands is truly a wonderful thing, and the imag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66281570">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:17:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I hesitate to even give this book a single star.  While I'm typically very enchanted by MZB's writing style, and a great many of her books have touched me deeply, this one left me  feeling cold.  Perhaps it's because, being a scholar of Arthurian works, I felt that the book did little justice to som...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66280425">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:09:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:53:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<br/>I always judge Romance by how much it touches my heart.  Does it make me laugh, cry, or care? To rate anything above a two-star from me, a book has to do at least one of the above...<br/><br/>As for this book, all I can say is... Brava, Ms. Charton!  This book blew me away.  I've been a read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12810804">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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