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	<title>Comments on: REVIEW: Crossing Swords by Kirsten Saell</title>
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		<title>By: REVIEW: Healer&#8217;s Touch by Kirsten Saell : The Good, The Bad and The Unread</title>
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		<dc:creator>REVIEW: Healer&#8217;s Touch by Kirsten Saell : The Good, The Bad and The Unread</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I read Crossing Swords, I knew that Kirsten Saell was going to become one of my favorite authors. It also helps that she&#039;s [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I read Crossing Swords, I knew that Kirsten Saell was going to become one of my favorite authors. It also helps that she&#8217;s [...]</p>
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		<title>By: All About Samhain &#171; Jorrie Spencer</title>
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		<dc:creator>All About Samhain &#171; Jorrie Spencer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: ShannonC</title>
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		<dc:creator>ShannonC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kirsten: Yeah, it&#039;s definitely a relief to me that I liked this book. Now I just have to hope that the next experiment in reviewing my friends&#039; books goes so well!

MB: It&#039;s hard to find *good* fantasy romance. Of course, I could just be really picky, because I&#039;ve read fantasy longer than I have romance and I expect the genres to blend well. I was glad this book had a fantasy feel instead of just using a magical place as an excuse for random sexoring. Oh, and yeah, I loved that Lianon was unashamedly bisexual!

Devon: For some reason I thought you had read this. But you should.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kirsten: Yeah, it&#8217;s definitely a relief to me that I liked this book. Now I just have to hope that the next experiment in reviewing my friends&#8217; books goes so well!</p>
<p>MB: It&#8217;s hard to find *good* fantasy romance. Of course, I could just be really picky, because I&#8217;ve read fantasy longer than I have romance and I expect the genres to blend well. I was glad this book had a fantasy feel instead of just using a magical place as an excuse for random sexoring. Oh, and yeah, I loved that Lianon was unashamedly bisexual!</p>
<p>Devon: For some reason I thought you had read this. But you should.</p>
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		<title>By: Devon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Devon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice excerpt!  I&#039;m intrigued.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice excerpt!  I&#8217;m intrigued.</p>
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		<title>By: MB (Leah)</title>
		<link>http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/09/27/review-crossing-swords-by-kirsten-saell/comment-page-1/#comment-85145</link>
		<dc:creator>MB (Leah)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh nice review Shannon! I loved this book. It&#039;s refreshing on so many counts. Like you, I also loved that Gil didn&#039;t try to turn Lianon into being the soft girlie girl after they get together; he really enjoys her independent and feisty spirit.

But mainly I loved that this book has several elements in it that I find very rare. One is that it&#039;s a fantasy romance, which I don&#039;t see that often. I kind of liked that the world that they exist in isn&#039;t  overly defined, but still has a distinct ambiance around it. That left my imagination to fill in a lot, which I really liked. 

Another, is that it&#039;s got some f/f in it that isn&#039;t for the guy&#039;s benefit, or just thrown in there for some extra kink factor. You can really feel Lianon&#039;s pain over the death of her wife, Rhianna, even though it&#039;s a small part of the book. In fact that pain sets up the reason for whole story and defines how incredibly passionate Lianon is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh nice review Shannon! I loved this book. It&#8217;s refreshing on so many counts. Like you, I also loved that Gil didn&#8217;t try to turn Lianon into being the soft girlie girl after they get together; he really enjoys her independent and feisty spirit.</p>
<p>But mainly I loved that this book has several elements in it that I find very rare. One is that it&#8217;s a fantasy romance, which I don&#8217;t see that often. I kind of liked that the world that they exist in isn&#8217;t  overly defined, but still has a distinct ambiance around it. That left my imagination to fill in a lot, which I really liked. </p>
<p>Another, is that it&#8217;s got some f/f in it that isn&#8217;t for the guy&#8217;s benefit, or just thrown in there for some extra kink factor. You can really feel Lianon&#8217;s pain over the death of her wife, Rhianna, even though it&#8217;s a small part of the book. In fact that pain sets up the reason for whole story and defines how incredibly passionate Lianon is.</p>
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		<title>By: kirsten saell</title>
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		<dc:creator>kirsten saell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Shannon! It&#039;s as big a relief for me that you enjoyed it, as it was for you, I think. I hope you like Healer&#039;s Touch just as much!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Shannon! It&#8217;s as big a relief for me that you enjoyed it, as it was for you, I think. I hope you like Healer&#8217;s Touch just as much!</p>
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