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You will be shown 8 examples of reviews written by ONE user, each preceded by the book's metadata. Your job is to write a rubric that captures this user's distinctive style, voice, content focus, and writing patterns -- so that a separate evaluator can use the rubric to judge whether a new candidate review looks like something this user would actually write.

The user's persona:
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Demographics: Missing
Interests:
  Thriller and mystery series with recurring characters, as evidenced by enthusiasm for Sam Kovac/Nikki Liska series ("I hope she keeps up this series. I truly enjoy Sam and Nikki")
  Romantic historical fiction, particularly Regency-era romances by Mary Balogh ("If you enjoy romantic historicals, you can't go wrong here")
  Collaborative author works, especially Iris and Roy Johansen ("Never thought I would enjoy a collaboration between a mother and son but was I ever wrong")
  FBI thriller series featuring established characters like Sherlock and Savich ("Can't seem too get enough of Sherlock and Savich")
  Series continuity and character development across multiple books ("I also enjoyed reading about the lives of your people from other books")
  Fast-paced, action-driven narratives ("Full of action and suspense to keep you turning the page")
  Stories with strong female protagonists like Kendra Michaels and Catherine Ling
  Mystery novels with complex plotting and character relationships ("Good plot, great characters, just plain great")
  Anthology collections, though prefers when all stories meet quality standards (rated anthology 2 stars when only one story appealed)
  Stories that balance multiple character storylines while maintaining series focus
Values:
  Loyalty to favorite authors and willingness to follow their entire body of work ("I'll be looking forward to hearing of the lives involved in this series")
  Appreciation for authors who maintain series quality and consistency ("Keep them coming and I'll keep reading")
  Direct communication with authors through reviews, frequently addressing them personally ("Thank you Ms. Laurens," "Brava to Ms. Balogh")
  Preference for complete, satisfying stories over short works ("Much to short to grab you. Not the usual from the Johansens")
  Value for character-driven narratives where recurring characters evolve ("Love to know what happens with Hannah and Kirov")
  Expectation that series maintain their core premise ("what happened to the girls solving murders together?")
  Willingness to provide constructive criticism while remaining supportive ("Don't get me wrong, I like the stories... but let's get back on track")
  Appreciation for authors' natural talent and storytelling ability ("your writing and story telling ability is simply wonderful!")
  Belief in giving authors benefit of doubt and continuing with series despite occasional disappointments
  Strong emotional investment in fictional characters and their relationships ("Hopefully they'll be included in another wonderful story")
  Preference for quality over quantity in anthology collections ("Had it not been for Nora Robert's contribution to this book, I would have rated it with no stars")
Communication:
  Enthusiastic tone with frequent use of exclamation points throughout reviews ("Wonderful!!", "Excellent!", "So good!")
  Direct address to authors, treating reviews as personal communication ("Ms. Balogh, your writing and story telling ability is simply wonderful!")
  Short, punchy sentences that convey immediate reactions ("Just wonderful!!", "Great!", "Scary")
  Use of informal, conversational language and colloquialisms ("Oh well", "Dash it")
  Repetitive encouraging phrases across multiple reviews ("Keep them coming" appears in at least 6 reviews)
  Tendency to use "Brava" or "Bravo" to praise authors, showing appreciation for their craft
  Minimal plot synopsis, focusing instead on emotional response and overall quality assessment
  Frequent use of ellipses to create conversational pauses ("I expected something different...not the same story but it was...Oh well")
  Pattern of starting reviews with single-word or short-phrase titles that match the tone ("Wonderful!!", "Excellent", "Good story")
  Willingness to defend authors against other negative reviewers ("To the woman who reviewed this in 2005...if you knew anything about natural talent")
  Consistent expression of hope for future installments ("Can't wait for the next Kendra story")
Statistics:
  Average response length approximately 45-55 words, with most reviews being concise and focused
  Minimum response length around 20 words ("Simple read: Much to short to grab you...")
  Maximum response length approximately 100 words (Mary Balogh reviews tend to be longest)
  Most frequent phrases include "Keep them coming" (6+ instances), "great story" (5+ instances), "wonderful" (4+ instances)
  Exclamation points appear in nearly every review, often multiple times per review
  Consistent 5-star ratings in 10 of 14 examples, showing generally positive reading experiences
  Direct author address appears in approximately 60% of reviews
  Use of first-person perspective throughout ("I hope," "I enjoy," "I can't believe")
  Sentence structure varies between short declarative statements and longer compound sentences with multiple clauses
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The user's past reviews:
--- Example 1 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Ocean Prey (A Prey Novel Book 31)
- Subtitle: None
- Price: 2.99
- Author: John Sandford
- Description: Review “Entertaining. . . Fans will enjoy seeing the two old buddies and their cohorts wading into dangerous [sic] waters.”— Publishers Weekly About the Author John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of twenty-nine Prey novels; four Kidd novels; twelve Virgil Flowers novels; three YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook; and three other books. --This text refers to the paperback edition. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights rese ...[truncated]
- Features: Fan-favorite heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case in the remarkable new novel from #1 New York Times -bestselling author John Sandford. An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. It's a snazzy craft, slick and outfitted with extra horsepower, and is zipping along until it slows to pick up a surfaced diver . . . a diver who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Good but disappointed: Kept me on the edge of my seat. Was the Bob thing necessary just to bring Virgil in or Devlin? I don't think so! So disappointed. That's why the 3 stars. Was it good...yes. Anything with Lucas is good or better. Just can't get over Bob. Sorry.

--- Example 2 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: 21st Birthday (A Women's Murder Club Thriller)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: James Patterson
- Description: About the Author James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. He lives in Florida with his family. Maxine Paetro is a novelist who has collaborated with James Patterson on the bestselling Women's Murder Club, Private, and Confessions series; Woman of God ; and other stand-alone novels. She lives with her husband, John, in New York. --This text refers to the paperback edition.
- Features: In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Detective Lindsay Boxer takes a vow to protect a young woman from a serial killer long enough to see her twenty-first birthday. When young wife and mother Tara Burke goes missing with her baby girl, all eyes are on her husband, Lucas. He paints her not as a missing person but a wayward wife—until a gruesome piece of evidence turns the investigation criminal.  While Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas pursues the story and M.E. Claire Washburn ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Good: Good read from Patterson and Paetro.  Good team.  I've liked the stories of the Women's Murder Club from the beginning.  I like these characters and the plot of this book.  Looking forward to reading more from these authors.

--- Example 3 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Conard County: Traces of Murder (Conard County: The Next Generation Book 45)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 4.99
- Author: Rachel Lee
- Description: About the Author Rachel Lee was hooked on writing by the age of twelve, and practiced her craft as she moved from place to place all over the United States. This New York Times bestselling author now resides in Florida and has the joy of writing full-time. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
- Features: New York Times Bestselling Author She’s about to face danger…the kind she never trained for. Neither elite soldier Hillary Kristiansen nor US Special Ops member Trace Mullen knew that a trip to the cemetery to mourn their shared friends’ deaths would result in an investigation. But as they bond over their grief, they find themselves determined to prove that the deaths were not mere tragedies—they were murders. In the process, they’ll expose a cover-up…and fight for their lives when an illicit arms dealer se ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Good: Always a good read from Lee. I really enjoyed these characters and the plot. A bit different from previous stories which I enjoyed as well. Looking forward to reading the next installment.

--- Example 4 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Forgotten in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: J.D. Robb
- Description: Review " Forgotten in Death shows how a pro does it." - NPR "The book’s real pleasure lies in watching Eve stride into danger and triumph over evil. That Roarke is happy to support his wife’s desire to go out and kick butt adds to the appeal. Series fans will be delighted." - Publishers Weekly "Robb continues to deliver expertly paced, cleverly plotted, and snappily witty suspense." - Booklist " Forgotten in Death draws you in quickly and keeps you glued to the pages...it's hard to believe how each one gets ...[truncated]
- Features: In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer. The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change—and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found.Then Eve is summon ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Excellent: Is there ever a bad read from Robb/Roberts?  Not a chance.  I love Eve, Roarke and the crew.  The plot was diabolical, fantastic, edge of my seat.  She is by far my favorite author. I'm pretty sure I own every book she has written and will continue to buy them as long as she writes and I am able to read.  Can't wait to read the next book.

--- Example 5 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: High Stakes
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: Iris Johansen
- Description: Review "There's no one like Iris Johansen!"― Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author "A master storyteller, Iris Johansen brings characters to life like no other."― Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author "Dive into the explosive world of Iris Johansen, where villains get exactly what they deserve and the good guys--eventually--win the day. That's a world I want to live in!"― Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Johansen keeps readers on the edge of their seats."― Booklist "Ju ...[truncated]
- Features: All bets are off as #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces gambler Logan Tanner, a man with a secret past that’s about to come back to haunt him. Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to Milan, he’s racked up a fortune and become a living legend.  But all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor—a world that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and inn ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Good: Good read.  It's always a good read from Johansen.  I really liked these characters and the plot.  Edge of your seat story.  Looking forward to reading the next book by this author.

--- Example 6 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Mystery
- Title: Rumors and Rose Quartz: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Crystal Cove Cozy Mysteries Book 5)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 0.0
- Author: Cindy Stark
- Description:
- Features: Check out the series that readers are calling “Suspenseful, Magical, and Flirty”. Finally, Opal is in sync with Lucas, and as a couple, they’ve teamed up for the neighboring town’s sand sculpting contest. The competition will be gritty, but Opal thinks their Siren’s Island sculpture just might sail to the top and win.She wishes her newfound happiness could extend to everyone else in her life, too. But that’s not likely to happen with a paranormal hunting grandpa who can be crabby and outspoken, and with her ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Excellent: I just love this series!  Love Opal and Lucas as a couple.  Really liked the plot and can't wait to read the next installment of this series.

--- Example 7 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: The Wartime Matchmakers
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 3.99
- Author: Lauren Smith
- Description:
- Features: When the world went to war . . . they fought for love. England, 1939 : The world is on the brink of war when Elizabeth Mowbray breaks her engagement with a tea planter in India and returns home to the English countryside. Desperate to escape a stifling life under her parents’ roof, she moves to London seeking adventure and excitement.With German forces sweeping across Europe, she has little hope of finding steady, fulfilling employment as England readies itself for war. A chance encounter with Henrietta, Br ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Excellent: I truly enjoyed this book.  To say it was riveting doesn't give it enough praise.  What these real women went through during this time was miraculous to say the least while helping other people.  I really liked these characters and the plot of this story.  I am so looking forward to reading more from this talented storyteller.

--- Example 8 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Desperation in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: J.D. Robb
- Description: Review Praise for Forgotten in Death " Forgotten in Death shows how a pro does it." - NPR "The book’s real pleasure lies in watching Eve stride into danger and triumph over evil. That Roarke is happy to support his wife’s desire to go out and kick butt adds to the appeal. Series fans will be delighted." - Publishers Weekly "Robb continues to deliver expertly paced, cleverly plotted, and snappily witty suspense." - Booklist " Forgotten in Death draws you in quickly and keeps you glued to the pages...it's har ...[truncated]
- Features: The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a gripping new thriller that pits homicide detective Eve Dallas against a conspiracy of exploitation and evil… New York, 2061: The place called the Pleasure Academy is a living nightmare where abducted girls are trapped, trained for a life of abject service while their souls are slowly but surely destroyed. Dorian, a thirteen-year-old runaway who’d been imprisoned there, might never have made it out if not for her fellow inmate Mina, who’d hatched the escape ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Excellent: I am so glad there are two "In Death" books a year.  Wish there were more but glad I get to delve into her other works which are also excellent.  I'm not doing a synopsis, never do.  I love Eve, Roarke and the gang, and the plot was edge of your seat, again.  I don't know how she does it, book after book.  By far, the best author that I read.  Can't wait to read more from this talented storyteller.

The specific book this user is about to review:
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**User Amazon store: Jayne Ann Krentz (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition**: - Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Mystery
- Title: Eclipse Bay
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 8.99
- Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
  The author of over 50 New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ writes romantic-suspense in three different worlds: Contemporary (as Jayne Ann Krentz), historical (as Amanda Quick) and futuristic (as Jayne Castle). There are over 35 million copies of her books in print.
- Description: About the Author Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers. She has written contemporary romantic suspense novels under that name, as well as futuristic and historical romance novels under the pseudonyms Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick, respectively. There are more than 35 million copies of her books in print. From AudioFile Hannah Harte and Rafe Madison are breaking the family feud between the Hartes and Madisons. But when they inherit a mansion called Dreamscape in Eclipse Bay from Great Aunt Irene, they have separate ideas about its future. Narrator Joyce Bean gives this 1999 romance her all as she switches from sexy, smoky-voiced Rafe to determined, no-nonsense Hannah. Eight years away from the Bay have not cooled their tempers or their ardor as they squabble over Dreamscape. Bean ratchets up the tension when someone tries to kill Hannah, and the couple's squabbles turn to partnership when Dreamscape is threatened. Sparks fly and tempers flare as Bean guides this romantic mystery. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly Jove has led Krentz (aka Amanda Quick) to a paperback romance trilogy about love and family in seaside places. This first volume sets up the feud between the Hartes and the no-account but very sexy Madison clan. Hannah Harte, a well-organized wedding planner, reencounters raffish Rafe Madison, a self-made chef and newly made multimillionaire stock trader. Their previous meeting occurred eight years earlier, on the Oregon coast, when Hannah supplied an alibi that kept Rafe out of jail. Even though everyone knows that Hartes and Madisons never mix, Hannah's eccentric aunt Isabel has left her home, Dreamscape, to both Hannah and Rafe. As the hostile pair attempt to turn Dreamscape into an inn, and to solve an old murder mystery, Krentz sets fire to their incipient attraction. With her usual entertaining mix of quaint folk, sex and mystery, Krentz takes to these new waters like the smart fish she is. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the mass_market edition. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Portland, OregonThe present . . . The long, pearl-studded train of the creamy candlelight-satin wedding gown cascaded in graceful folds behind the bride as she glided to a halt in front of the altar. She smiled demurely at the groom through a gossamer cloud of veil. The organ music trailed off. A respectful hush fell. The minister cleared his throat. "Well, that's it for me," Hannah murmured to her assistant as they retreated to the portico in front of the church. "I'm out of here. You can handle the receiving line. The limo is ready. Keep an eye on the four-year-old nephew. He'll probably make another grab for the bride's train when she walks back down the aisle. See you at the reception." "It's so perfect." Carla Groves seized a tissue and dabbed at her eyes. She peeked back into the church. "The flowers, the candles. Everything. The bride looks as if she just stepped out of a fantasy." "I don't know how to tell you this, Carla, but you aren't going to last long in this business if you weep every time you send a bride up the aisle." "But she's so beautiful. Practically glowing." "Uh-huh." Hannah snapped the lock on her briefcase. "Looks even better this time than she did the last time. Probably because her budget was much larger. She did very well in the divorce settlement, you know. Had a great lawyer." Carla rolled her eyes. "You're such a cynic, Hannah." "No, I'm not. I agree with you. Jennifer Ballinger does make a lovely bride. And a very profitable one for Weddings by Harte. This is her second marriage with us, and I have every expectation that in a couple of years she'll come back to this firm for her third. Nothing like a repeat customer, I always say." At five-thirty that evening, Hannah stepped out of the elevator into a corridor decorated in shades of tasteful beige and walked down the hall toward the door of her apartment. Her footsteps were hushed by the thick, pale carpeting, but the door of the suite next to hers opened before she reached it. Winston rushed out to greet her with as much enthusiasm as a properly bred Schnauzer considered appropriate to exhibit upon such occasions. As always, the sight of the small, elegant, salt-and-pepper dog hurrying toward her lowered Hannah's stress level by several degrees. She smiled as she crouched to scratch Winston behind the ears. He gave a discreetly muffled whine, quivered with pleasure, and licked her hand. "Hello, pal. Sorry I'm late. Been a long day." Winston looked up at her through a fringe of long, silvery lashes, understanding in his intelligent eyes. Mrs. Blankenship struck her head around the edge of the door. "Oh, there you are, dear. Winston was starting to get a trifle anxious. How did the wedding go?" "Nothing out of the ordinary. The usual number of snafus at the reception. The caterer turned up with a cheese tart instead of the asparagus canapes that the bride had selected. The photographer helped himself to a couple of glasses of champagne and started to flirt with the bartender. The flower girl came very close to getting into a food fight with the four-year-old nephew." "Just the usual, then." Mrs. Blankenship nodded wisely. She always loved to hear about the weddings. "But I'm sure you nipped all the potential disasters in the bud behind the scenes." "That's what I get paid to do." Hannah leaned down to pat Winston, who bounced around her high heels. "I think the bride was satisfied. As far as she was concerned, everything went off as if the whole thing had been staged by a computer." Mrs. Blankenship pursed her lips. "I don't think that's an appropriate image, dear. The thought of a computer-generated wedding is really quite dreadful. It sounds so cold. Weddings are supposed to evoke all sorts of wonderful emotions, after all." "Trust me, Mrs. Blankenship, behind the scenes, a well-managed wedding has a lot in common with a launch of the space shuttle." "You know, dear, I hate to mention this, but you've become increasingly cynical ever since you ended your engagement last year. It's so sad to see a young, healthy, vibrant woman like you turn jaded. Maybe you took on too much when you signed up for all those evening classes at the college." "Mrs. Blankenship-" "You've been working much too hard for the past year. Perhaps you need a vacation. Go someplace where you can relax and regain your interest in your business and your social life." "I have no social life to revive, Mrs. Blankenship. And as for my career, nothing will ever make me starry-eyed about my business. The only weddings that I actually enjoy doing are those in which I know for a fact that the couple met through my sister's agency. At least I can feel reasonably confident that those marriages have a good chance of lasting." "Yes, your sister does have a knack for matchmaking, doesn't she?" Mrs. Blankenship got a dreamy expression in her eyes. "She obviously has a wonderful sense of intuition when it comes to that sort of thing." "I hate to disillusion you, Mrs. Blankenship, but Lillian uses a computer, not her intuition." Hannah dug her keys out of her massive shoulder bag. "Does Winston need a walk right away?" "No, dear, we just got back from our walkies," Mrs. Blankenship said. "Great." Hannah went to her own door and unlocked it, Winston trotting eagerly at her heels. "Thanks again, Mrs. Blankenship." "Anytime, dear." Mrs. Blankenship paused. "You know, you really should consider taking some time off. Your busy season is finished. You could slip away for a while." "Funny you should mention that, Mrs. Blankenship. I was just thinking the same thing." Mrs. Blankenship beamed. "I'm so glad to hear that. You really haven't been quite the same since your engagement ended." "Several people have mentioned that." Hannah opened her door. "One theory is that I have been possessed by an alien entity." "I beg your pardon?" "Never mind. Good night, Mrs. Blankenship." "Good night, dear." Hannah stepped into the small hallway, waited until Winston came inside, and then swiftly shut the door. She flipped on the lights. "Give me a minute to change, Winston. Then I'll find us both something to eat." In the bedroom she stripped off the jacket and skirt of her blue business suit, then pulled on a pair of black leggings and a cozy cowl-necked tunic and slipped into a pair of ballet-style flats. Pausing for a moment in front of the mirror, she brushed her hair behind her ears and anchored it with a narrow band. When she was ready, she padded back down the hall into the kitchen and dug one of the expensive, specially formulated dog bones out of a box for Winston. The Schnauzer took it very politely from her fingers. "Enjoy." Winston needed no further urging. He set to work on the bone vigorously. Hannah opened the refrigerator and meditated on the sparse contents for a moment. After a while she removed a hunk of sheep's-milk feta cheese and a nearly empty bottle of Chardonnay. She arranged her small haul on a tray and carried it into the second bedroom, where she maintained a home office. Winston followed, the remains of his bone wedged firmly between his jaws. Sinking down onto the high-backed chair, Hannah propped her feet on the corner of the desk and munched a cracker with some of the cheese on it. Winston took up his customary position on the floor beside the desk chair. Muted crunching sounds ensued."Brace yourself, Winston." Hannah reached for the phone. "I'm going to check my messages. Who knows what excitement awaits us?" The automated answering service surrendered three offerings. The first was from a florist, reporting that the orchids Hannah had ordered for the Cooke-Anderson wedding were going to cost more than expected."I told the client that they would be expensive." The second message was from her brother, Nick, letting her know that he had just mailed the manuscript of the most recent addition to his successful suspense series to the editor. "I'm taking Carson to Disneyland, and then we're going on down to Phoenix to see Sullivan and Rachel. Probably be gone for most of the month. You know how to reach me if you need me." "It's about time he married again," Hannah said to Winston. "Amelia has been gone for three years now. He and little Carson have been alone long enough." Winston jiggled his brows. "Yes, I know. I'm a fine one to talk." She punched the key for the last message . . . and nearly fell off her chair when she heard Rafe Madison's unmistakable, bottom-of-the-sea voice. Her heels came down off the desk with a small thud. She sucked in a half-strangled breath and sat forward abruptly. The Chardonnay sloshed wildly in the glass. Several drops went over the rim and hit Winston between his ears. He looked up from his bone with a puzzled expression. "Sorry, Winston." She grabbed a napkin and blotted the wine off the top of his head. "I was a little stunned there for a second, but I don't think I'm going to faint or anything." She tossed the napkin into the wastebasket, inhaled slowly, and took a steadying swallow of wine. She had not heard his voice in eight years, and although this time around it was only a recording, it had the same impact on her tonight as it had the last time. Small flashes of electrical energy snapped through her nerve endings. Her stomach seemed to float in midair. "This is Rafe Madison . . ." The last conversation she'd had with him flitted through her mind. Good luck with that five-year plan of yours. I hope things work out the way you want. She wondered if he'd ever gotten his act together. ". . . Got the message you sent through your lawyer. The answer is no. Looks like we've got a few things to talk about, and I don't plan to do it through our attorneys. See you in Eclipse Bay." "No?" The old memories went up in smoke and the present came crashing back. She stabbed the replay key.". . . The answer is no. . . . See you in Eclipse Bay." She had not misunderstood. His answer to her offer was loud and clear. "I think I've got a problem, Winston." She dropped the bombshell on her sister the following morning. "What do you mean, he refuses to sell?" Lillian demanded on the other end of the line. "That house belonged to our great-aunt, not his. He can't refuse to sell." Hannah listened to the muffled sounds of a printer in the background. Lillian was hard at work. She ran her matchmaking firm, Private Arrangements, out of an office in a high-rise located only a few blocks away from the one in which Hannah and Winston lived. "You were there when Isabel's will was read," Hannah reminded her wearily. "She left the house equally to Rafe and me. The lawyer says he can do whatever he wants to do with his half." "Hmm. Maybe you didn't offer him enough money." "The negotiations didn't even get that far. I just sent a message to him through the lawyer telling him that I would be willing to buy out his half of the house. I expected him to come back with a price." "What on earth do you suppose he plans to do with half of Dreamscape?" Lillian mused. "Who knows?" Hannah frowned at the array of wedding photos that decorated her office wall. "But I have plans for Dreamscape, and I'm certainly not going to let him stand in my way." "You're going to meet with him in Eclipse Bay, aren't you?" "Doesn't look like I've got much choice. I want Dreamscape. Somehow I've got to talk him out of his share of the place." "We haven't heard much about Rafe in recent years. Just that he got married and divorced." Hannah thought about her midnight conversation with Rafe. The men in my family aren't much good when it comes to marriage. . . . Figure the odds are against me getting lucky . . . "Divorce is a Madison family tradition," she said quietly. "Unfortunately, it's a very common tradition for a lot of families these days." Lillian made a tut-tut sound. "I don't know why so many people refuse to see the obvious. Marriage is a partnership. It should be entered into the same way one would go into any serious business arrangement. All the factors should be examined from every angle before a commitment is made." "Lillian-" "There's a staggering amount of scientific evidence that suggests that couples who are properly matched using modern psychological tests and personality inventories are far more likely to succeed at marriage than those who let their emotions-" "Enough, Lillian. I've heard your professional pitch before, remember?" "Sorry. You know me. I get a little carried away sometimes." Lillian hesitated. "About Rafe Madison-" "What about him?" "Think he's changed?" "How should I know?" Hannah rose, phone in hand, and went to the window. "Wonder if he achieved his big career objective?" "Didn't know he had one." "Oh, he had one, all right." Hannah studied the view of the bridge-studded Willamette River. "His great ambition was to stay out of jail." "Given the direction in which everyone seemed to think he was headed eight years ago, that would have been a major accomplishment." "I'm sure we would have heard if he had gone to prison." Hannah tightened her grip on the phone. "That kind of news would have been hot gossip in Eclipse Bay." "Ah, but as far as we know, he hasn't been back to Eclipse Bay very often since Kaitlin Sadler died. According to Mom and Dad, he makes a couple of short weekend visits to see his grandfather every few months and that's it. How would anyone know if he'd done time?" "I think he was too smart to end up in prison," Hannah said. "Smart does not always equate with common sense. We're both in the marriage business. We see smart people do dumb things every day." "True." Lillian paused. "You're still serious about your plans for Dreamscape?" "Very." "I was afraid of that. My advice is don't let Rafe know you've got your heart set on turning Dreamscape into an inn." "Why not?" Lillian made an exasperated sound. "Use your head. If he figures out just how badly you want the place, he'll hold out for a whopping price for his half." "I'll be careful how much I say. I'm a Harte, remember? I can be cool." "Do that," Lillian said dryly. "You know, something tells me that it's a good thing that Mom and Dad went on that monthlong cruise. If they knew that you were getting ready to go toe-to-toe with Rafe Madison over Dreamscape, they'd descend on Eclipse Bay like avenging angels." "Speaking of family interference, I'm counting on you to keep quiet about my decision to go to Eclipse Bay for a while. I want some time to work things out with Rafe. That won't be possible if I'm inundated with helpful Hartes." "I'll keep quiet," Lillian sighed. "I still can't imagine what Aunt Isabel was thinking. Ever since Rafe used you as his alibi for the night Kaitlin Sadler died, she was obsessed with the notion that the two of you were the Romeo and Juliet of the Harte-Madison feud." "Rafe didn't use me as his alibi," Hannah said. "I was his alibi." "There's a difference?" "Oh, yes," Hannah said. "There's a difference." --This text refers to the mass_market edition. Amazon.com Review Setting: Eclipse Bay, Oregon, present day Sensuality Rating: 6 Multimillion-selling author Jayne Ann Krentz weaves a classic tale of a rich girl and the town's bad boy who grows up to be very, very good. Eight years have passed since Hannah Harte laid eyes on Rafe Madison--eight years since Hannah risked her reputation by providing Rafe's alibi for a murder he did not commit. Drawn back together by a strange bequest, Hannah and Rafe must first try to figure out how to share their dreams for the old seaside manor they've inherited and then determine who's willing to try anything, even murder, to stop them. Hannah is astonished to find that the rebellious Rafe, who once loved living up to his family's unsavory reputation, has shed his bad boy ways and become quite a success. And Rafe is equally disturbed to realize that the naive girl he met on a beach one night long ago is all grown up--and how! The first in a new trilogy from perennial favorite Krentz is a tantalizing reminder of the attraction of opposites. Readers will be waiting with bated breath for the sequels. --Alison Trinkle --This text refers to the mass_market edition. Read more
- Features:
FIRST IN THE STUNNING TRILOGY Eclipse Bay has grown and flourished amongst the sharp cliffs and hidden coves of the rugged Oregon coast. But this small town is also filled with secrets as treacherous as the landscape and rivalries as fierce as an ocean storm. Their grandfathers hated each other. Their fathers hated each other. But they don’t hate each other. Not at all.... Hannah Harte remembers the long-ago night on the beach that revealed Rafe as more than just “that disreputable Madison boy.” And Rafe remembers the heroic gesture that proved Hannah’s fierce spirit was stronger than any feud—and saved him from near-certain imprisonment. Now—reunited by a surprising inheritance after years of living their separate lives—Rafe and Hannah return to Eclipse Bay, and the hostilities that still divide, and bind, their families. And they are discovering something that is at once delightful and deeply disturbing....
- Details:
  Publisher: Berkley (June 1, 2000)
  Publication date: June 1, 2000
  Language: English
  File size: 1437 KB
  Text to Speech: Enabled
  Screen Reader: Supported
  Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
  X Ray: Enabled
  Word Wise: Enabled
  Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe
  Print length: 353 pages
  Page numbers source ISBN: 0515128015
<|The End of Book|>

First, PREDICT the substantive review THIS user would most likely write about THIS book, using their persona + past reviews + this book's context. Then turn that prediction into a rubric.

Write 8-12 numbered criteria that a judge will use to check whether a CANDIDATE review COVERS THE KEY POINTS this user would actually make about THIS book. Ground every criterion in the user's likely CONTENT, not surface style:
- Their likely OVERALL STANCE / verdict on this book (would they like or dislike it, and why), inferred from their taste and this book's genre/premise/themes.
- The SPECIFIC aspects they would most likely comment on here -- name concrete elements from THIS book (particular plot points, characters, themes, pacing, craft, comparisons) that a reader like this user reacts to.
- Their characteristic OPINIONS / reactions (what they would praise or criticize here) and the direction/strength of sentiment.
- Any content they habitually include (recommendation, audience, warnings, comparisons).

Write the criteria to match HOW the candidate will be graded (coverage of the user's real review minus a penalty for extra content):
- Each criterion should reward COVERING a specific likely key point, checkable in a short review.
- Make them DISCRIMINATING: a candidate that writes a generic or merely on-topic review WITHOUT the user's specific likely take must score LOW; only a candidate that hits the user's actual likely points and stance scores HIGH.
- Include at least one criterion that PENALIZES speculative, hedging, off-target, or padded content not central to what this user would say.
- Do NOT reward surface formatting.

Output ONLY the rubric:
<rubric>
1. <criterion>
...
</rubric>


You are an expert at characterising how a specific human writes online book reviews.

You will be shown 8 examples of reviews written by ONE user, each preceded by the book's metadata. Your job is to write a rubric that captures this user's distinctive style, voice, content focus, and writing patterns -- so that a separate evaluator can use the rubric to judge whether a new candidate review looks like something this user would actually write.

The user's persona:
<|The Start of Persona|>
Demographics:
  occupation: Likely music instructor or serious amateur musician (mentions being 'an adult intermediate player' and references teaching/students)
Interests:
  Clarinet performance and instruction, particularly intermediate to advanced level materials
  Bass clarinet technique and repertoire, expressing joy that 'exercises in here are fun and full of techniques a joy to practise'
  Music education methodology, especially the Rubank and Student Instrumental Course series which they have 'the entire series' of
  Scale practice and technical exercises, reviewing multiple books specifically for 'scale practise' and 'technique'
  Historical fiction with cultural/artistic themes, particularly enjoying 'The Painted Girls' after seeing the statue in Philadelphia museum
  Musical ensemble playing, appreciating materials 'good for all levels of students' and 'to work on with groups'
  Cross-stitch and craft patterns, reviewing a 'Clarinet Cross Stitch Pattern'
  Religious/sacred music, reviewing hymn collections and 'Sacred Trios'
  Historical narratives with emotional depth, praising novels that are 'well written and holds ones interest'
  Music practice organization and pedagogy, though critical of practice log books lacking 'room for a instructor to write in it'
  Duet and ensemble repertoire for clarinet, mentioning 'wonderful for...playing duets or solos'
  Art history and museum culture, mentioning having 'seen this statue in the museum in philadelphia and fell in love with it'
Values:
  Educational utility and practical application, consistently asking if materials are 'helpful' and 'useful...everyday several times a day'
  Making practice enjoyable and engaging, appreciating when 'practise exciting' and materials are 'not at all boring'
  Clear organization and usability, criticizing when materials are 'confusing at first till you get into how it is set up'
  Comprehensive skill development, valuing materials 'useful not only for beginners but advanced players as well'
  Quality of musical selections, noting when 'the music it self is great full of challenges but fullfilling when accomplished'
  Historical accuracy and authenticity in narratives, praising 'historic facts for the area involved' and when 'people were real'
  Emotional depth and human compassion in storytelling, valuing novels with 'compassion human understanding'
  Practical design features, wanting 'spiral bound would be much easier to handle' and criticizing similar-looking book covers
  Instructor-student interaction support, disappointed when there's 'no room for notes from instructor'
  Variety in repertoire, expressing disappointment when 'songs a few are familar then the rest are un heard of'
  Technical rigor balanced with musicality, appreciating 'difficult passages are extremely wonderful to play'
  Value for investment, noting when purchases were 'very wise purchase and has helped me immensly'
Communication:
  Casual, conversational tone with frequent grammatical irregularities and missing capitalization throughout reviews
  Extensive use of ellipses (...) to connect thoughts and create pauses, appearing in nearly every review
  Enthusiastic and positive language with repeated use of 'wonderful,' 'excellent,' 'amazing,' and 'very helpful'
  Run-on sentence structure, often connecting multiple ideas with 'and' or 'but' without proper punctuation
  Specific, practical feedback about usability issues like 'difficult to find the song number on the page or cd'
  Personal narrative elements, sharing experiences like 'i had seen this statue in the museum in philadelphia'
  Balanced criticism that acknowledges both strengths and weaknesses, using phrases like 'the only problem is' or 'despite this'
  Direct recommendations to readers, frequently stating 'would recommend' or 'not sure i really liked'
  Emphasis through repetition and intensifiers, using 'very,' 'so,' 'much more,' and 'extremely' frequently
  Informal contractions and colloquialisms, writing 'thru' instead of 'through' and casual phrasing
  First-person perspective throughout, consistently using 'i' to share personal experiences and opinions
  Brief, punchy review titles that summarize content, like 'excellent book' or 'clarinet technic'
Statistics:
  Average response length approximately 45-55 words, with range from 20 words (shortest) to 85 words (longest)
  Most frequent words include 'very' (appears 15+ times), 'helpful,' 'wonderful,' 'technique,' 'good,' and 'book'
  Consistent use of ellipses (...) appearing in 15 out of 17 reviews as a stylistic connector
  Predominantly simple and compound sentence structures with minimal complex subordination
  High frequency of evaluative adjectives: 'excellent,' 'amazing,' 'great,' 'fun,' 'useful,' 'difficult'
  Regular use of qualifiers and intensifiers: 'so,' 'very,' 'much,' 'extremely,' 'well'
  Minimal use of proper capitalization, with most reviews starting sentences in lowercase
  Frequent use of first-person pronouns ('i,' 'me,' 'my') averaging 2-3 times per review
  Consistent pattern of stating opinion followed by specific evidence or example from the product
<|The End of Persona|>

The user's past reviews:
--- Example 1 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Music
- Title: Flex-Ability Pops -- Solo-Duet-Trio-Quartet with Optional Accompaniment: Horn in F (Flex-Ability Series)
- Subtitle: Paperback – February 1, 2002
- Price: from 0.50
- Description:
- Features: The Flex-Ability series, arranged by Victor López, fills the need for multi-level instrumentalists to play popular music together. Each instrument book includes 11 songs in four-part score form. The top line (solo) is for level 2 1/2-3. The second line (duet/harmony) is for level 2-2 1/2. The third line (trio/harmony) is for level 1 1/2. The bottom line (harmony or bass line) is for level 1(only whole, half, dotted half, and quarter notes and rests). The songs are: La Bamba * When the Saints Go Marching In ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
very nice: fun duets to play use these at lessons

--- Example 2 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Music
- Title: Student Instrumental Course, Level 2: Studies and Melodious Etudes for Clarinet
- Subtitle: Paperback – Illustrated, March 1, 2002
- Price: None
- Description:
- Features: The Belwin Student Instrumental Course is a course for individual instruction and class instruction of like instruments, at three levels, for all band instruments. Each book is complete in itself, but all books are correlated with each other. Although each book can be used separately, all supplementary books should be used as companion books with the method.

Review by this user:
clarinet etudes: wonderful etudes exciting to play they could improve by changing the covers just a little they look so much like the technique and lesson books that i keep pulling out the wrong one....

--- Example 3 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Graphic Design
- Title: The Look: An Around-The-World Fashion Coloring Book
- Subtitle: Paperback – October 6, 2015
- Price: 13.56
- Description: About the Author Suwa studied fashion at the Parsons School of Design and worked as a fashion designer for Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger. She now lives in South Korea, where she’s worked as an art director and lecturer. Her previous publications include Shaping Your Creativity and the creative-therapy coloring book Hers .
- Features: It’s haute couleur : Coloring meets high-end fashion in a chic fantasy tour of the world’s style capitals. The clothes, the hair, the accessories, the poses, the attitude, the look––a fantasy tour of chic life on the street’s of the world’s fashion capitals, with lifelike drawings of women and men, young and old, wearing beautiful, stylish outfits. Animal prints and fedoras in Milan. Bold pattern-mixing on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Window-shopping in Paris’s Sixth, strolling along Shanghai’s Bund. Play ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Five Stars: nice pictues enjoyable to color

--- Example 4 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Children's Books->Activities, Crafts & Games
- Title: Norman Rockwell Coloring Book
- Subtitle: Paperback – May 31, 2009
- Price: 8.95
- Author: Pomegranate
- Description:
- Features: Norman Rockwell was an American painter who lived from 1894 to 1978. Have you ever heard the expression 'A picture is worth a thousand words'? Well, Norman Rockwell's paintings are good examples of that. As you look at them, you will discover that each one tells a story. You'll find out more and more about the people he painted--where they live, what they like to do, and what kind of trouble they get into--the longer you gaze at the pictures. You can even imagine what they are thinking! From 1916 to 1962, N ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Five Stars: love this book

--- Example 5 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Music
- Title: Sacred Trios for All (From the Renaissance to the Romantic Periods) (Sacred Instrumental Ensembles)
- Subtitle: Paperback – February 1, 1998
- Price: 7.99
- Description:
- Features: This trio collection of 17 keyboard, vocal and instrumental pieces covering the Renaissance to the Romantic periods can be played together in harmony by any number or combination of instruments. Woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion can play in like-instrument or mixed instrumentation. It's an all-purpose folio that makes sacred music fun! Contains: Angus Dei (Missa Lhomme Arme) (Des Prez) * All And Some (Anonymous) * Amazing Grace (Newton) * Balm In Gilead (Anonymous) * Cantate Domino (""O Sing Unto Th ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
sacred trios: not sure i really liked this book the songs a few are familar then the rest are un heard of and not really inspiring for me....the music self is not too difficult and kind of short not sure...not my type

--- Example 6 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Music
- Title: I Recommend: B-flat Clarinet
- Subtitle: Paperback – March 1, 1985
- Price: 7.99
- Description:
- Features: A complete warm-up technique book containing units on lip slurs, chorales, major scales and scale studies, minor scales, chromatic scales, arpeggios, interval studies, articulation and dynamic studies, rhythm studies, and rudiment review. Written by James D. Ployhar, with individual tuning suggestions and warm-up exercises by additional experts on each instrument.

Review by this user:
Five Stars: bought both bass and b flat clarinet use them daily

--- Example 7 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Music
- Title: I Recommend: B-flat Cornet (Trumpet)
- Subtitle: Paperback – March 1, 1985
- Price: 7.99
- Description:
- Features: A complete warm-up technique book containing units on lip slurs, chorales, major scales and scale studies, minor scales, chromatic scales, arpeggios, interval studies, articulation and dynamic studies, rhythm studies, and rudiment review. Written by James D. Ployhar, with individual tuning suggestions and warm-up exercises by additional experts on each instrument.

Review by this user:
excellent book: very useful and use it everyday several times a day good scales in easy to follow manner book stays open well on music rack special exercises  in rhythm very helpful..useful not only for beginners but advanced players as well

--- Example 8 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Arts & Photography->Music
- Title: Trios for All: B-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (For All Series)
- Subtitle: Paperback – March 1, 1985
- Price: 10.53
- Description:
- Features: A variety of combinations of instruments can play trios with these books. With the exception of the basses, any three like-instruments such as three flutes, three clarinets, three cornets, three trombones, three bassoons, and so on can play together in three-part harmony. Numerous mixed-instruments such as violin, trumpet, and tuba also may perform all of the trios in these books. Basses must play the bottom line only, but the music is arranged so that they have the melody from time to time. Any number of i ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
trios for all: very good item for all levels of students and nice list of titles to work on with groups or just to run thru as exercises for technique with instructor

The specific book this user is about to review:
<|The Start of Book|>
**User Amazon store: Johanna Basford (Author)**: - Category: Books->Crafts, Hobbies & Home->Crafts & Hobbies
- Title: Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure and Coloring Book for Adults
- Subtitle: Paperback – Coloring Book, October 27, 2015
- Price: 14.95
- Author: Johanna Basford
  I'm on a mission to inspire the world to be creative! Tumble down the rabbit hole and find yourself in my inky black and white Wonderland... I'm an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. I create intricate, hand drawn illustrations that adorn colouring books, coffee cups, trainers, walls, beer bottles and even walls! My creativity is cultivated by a curious imagination and a delight in the fantastic. Much of my work has roots in the flora and fauna that surrounded me growing up on my parent's fish farm in rural Scotland. Every piece I create starts life as a simple pencil sketch, evolving into a rambling pen and ink drawing usually spanning several sheets of paper. I love the tactile nature of the materials I use and the joy of smudgy fingerprints. My delicate hand inked designs intend to charm and delight, inviting you to peer closer and discover the hidden intricacies. For me, computer generated graphics can feel cold and soulless whereas hand drawing captures a sense of energy and character which no pixel can ever replicate. I'm on a mission to vanquish the vector and champion the (wobbly) hand drawn line.
- Description: Review PRAISE FOR JOHANNA BASFORD'S COLORING BOOKS "The colorists have a queen, and her name is Johanna Basford." — New York Magazine "Consider trading in your yoga mat for a set of markers and peruse the gorgeous gardens of Basford's imagination." — Huffington Post "Artist Johanna Basford is at the forefront of the grown up coloring trend. Her whimsical artwork just makes us want to drop all our responsibilities and color forever." — Hello Giggles "This is a breathtakingly beautiful coloring book, full of detail, whimsy, and possibilities. Inspiration invades at the turn of the first page and is guaranteed to capture the imagination and attention of any artist young and old." — The Children's Book Review About the Author Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. Her intricate, hand-drawn illustrations are loved the world over by those who have colored in (sometimes more than once) her bestselling books Johanna's Christmas , Magical Jungle , Lost Ocean , Secret Garden , and Enchanted Forest . Johanna is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. She likes sugar mice, floral teacups, peonies, and bumblebees. Visit her online at johannabasford.com.
- Features:
From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest , a beautiful new coloring book that takes you on a magical journey beneath the waves. With this coloring book for adults, Johanna Basford invites color-inners of all ages to discover an enchanting underwater world hidden in the depths of the sea. Through intricate pen and ink illustrations to complete, color, and embellish, readers will meet shoals of exotic fish, curious octopuses, and delicately penned seahorses. Visit coral reefs and barnacle-studded shipwrecks, discover intricate shells and pirate treasure. Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest fans and newcomers alike will welcome this creative journey into an inky new world. For Lost Ocean , Johanna picked a crisp ivory paper that accentuates and complements your chosen color palette. The smooth, untextured pages allow for beautiful blending or gradient techniques with colored pencils or are perfect for pens, allowing the nib to glide evenly over the surface without feathering. Filled with stunningly detailed illustrations, Lost Ocean is a blissful and relaxing at-home activity for people of all ages.
- Details:
  Publisher: Penguin Life; Clr Csm edition (October 27, 2015)
  Language: English
  Paperback: 80 pages
  ISBN 10: 0143108999
  ISBN 13: 978-0143108993
  Reading age: 8 years and up
  Item Weight: 1.1 pounds
  Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.9 x 0.5 inches
<|The End of Book|>

First, PREDICT the substantive review THIS user would most likely write about THIS book, using their persona + past reviews + this book's context. Then turn that prediction into a rubric.

Write 8-12 numbered criteria that a judge will use to check whether a CANDIDATE review COVERS THE KEY POINTS this user would actually make about THIS book. Ground every criterion in the user's likely CONTENT, not surface style:
- Their likely OVERALL STANCE / verdict on this book (would they like or dislike it, and why), inferred from their taste and this book's genre/premise/themes.
- The SPECIFIC aspects they would most likely comment on here -- name concrete elements from THIS book (particular plot points, characters, themes, pacing, craft, comparisons) that a reader like this user reacts to.
- Their characteristic OPINIONS / reactions (what they would praise or criticize here) and the direction/strength of sentiment.
- Any content they habitually include (recommendation, audience, warnings, comparisons).

Write the criteria to match HOW the candidate will be graded (coverage of the user's real review minus a penalty for extra content):
- Each criterion should reward COVERING a specific likely key point, checkable in a short review.
- Make them DISCRIMINATING: a candidate that writes a generic or merely on-topic review WITHOUT the user's specific likely take must score LOW; only a candidate that hits the user's actual likely points and stance scores HIGH.
- Include at least one criterion that PENALIZES speculative, hedging, off-target, or padded content not central to what this user would say.
- Do NOT reward surface formatting.

Output ONLY the rubric:
<rubric>
1. <criterion>
...
</rubric>


You are an expert at characterising how a specific human writes online book reviews.

You will be shown 8 examples of reviews written by ONE user, each preceded by the book's metadata. Your job is to write a rubric that captures this user's distinctive style, voice, content focus, and writing patterns -- so that a separate evaluator can use the rubric to judge whether a new candidate review looks like something this user would actually write.

The user's persona:
<|The Start of Persona|>
Demographics:
  gender: Female (explicitly states 'As a female reader I was very satisfied with the conclusion' in response to Killer Within)
Interests:
  Thriller and mystery novels with strong suspense elements ('Suspenseful, good characters to care about,' 'Very good mystery!')
  Character-driven narratives where 'Character development in a book is very important to me. I need to care about the characters'
  Witty and engaging dialogue ('Loved the dialog between Justin and Annie,' 'Loved the dialogue,' 'witty dialog')
  Fast-paced storytelling ('Fast paced. Written with wit,' 'fast paced, witty dialog')
  Series fiction, particularly following recurring characters like Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport ('Never disappointed with the Virgil Flowers books,' 'I hope Sandford goes on and on with the series')
  Dark and violent content ('violence, disgusting descriptions,' 'Enough violence and gore to keep me interested')
  Psychological thrillers exploring criminal minds ('King really gets inside the crazy mind of Morris Bellamy')
  Stories with mystery elements and plot twists ('A few surprises along the way,' 'You're not sure what the main character is up to for quite a while')
  Rock and roll references in narratives ('rock and roll references. Who could want anything more')
  Crime fiction with realistic settings and characters ('very believable main character')
  Stories featuring strong female characters who demonstrate agency ('At least the female was able to save herself')
  Books that balance excitement with emotional depth ('Exciting from beginning to end,' 'Didn't want the story to end, but wanted to have the mystery solved')
Values:
  Strong character development and relatability ('D D is down to earth and easy to relate to,' 'great characters to care about')
  Female empowerment and self-sufficiency ('At least the female was able to save herself,' satisfied when female characters demonstrate agency)
  Authenticity in depicting everyday struggles ('She has the usual female dilemmas of trying to juggle her job and family relationships')
  Quality dialogue and character interactions ('Loved the dialog between Justin and Annie,' 'witty dialog')
  Emotional engagement with stories ('Didn't want the story to end,' 'I enjoyed the characters')
  Complexity in narratives, though willing to accept simpler plots occasionally ('I'm used to reading more complex novels' but still enjoyed the book)
  Author craftsmanship and writing skill ('King has always been able to do that and has again,' 'Lehane certainly has a way with words')
  Suspense and tension in storytelling ('I couldn't put it down. Awesome book')
  Psychological depth in character portrayal ('King really gets inside the crazy mind of Morris Bellamy. Makes you wonder about King's mind')
  Series continuity and character development across books ('Glad to see that Hodges is healthy and happy')
  Balance between entertainment and substance ('Exciting while making you happy you don't live like the characters')
  Hope for future installments in beloved series ('Hope he writes a similar book soon,' 'I hope Sandford goes on and on with the series')
Communication:
  Enthusiastic and exclamatory style with frequent use of exclamation points ('absolutely awesome!,' 'Holy crap,' 'Effin Flowers rides again!')
  Conversational and casual tone with colloquialisms ('Who knew Stephen King could nail the suspense novel,' 'Who could want anything more')
  Direct address to authors ('Please don't take offense Mr. King,' 'Hope he writes a similar book soon')
  Use of HTML formatting tags like <br /> for line breaks in longer reviews
  Brief, punchy titles followed by elaboration ('thoroughly enjoyable:,' 'very enjoyable:,' 'Good but not great:')
  Frequent use of contractions and informal language ('You'll have to read the book,' 'I'm really liking John Sanford')
  Emphasis through capitalization and punctuation ('AND a definite chance for another adventure')
  Personal reflection and self-awareness ('Makes you wonder about King's mind, doesn't it')
  Encouraging tone toward other potential readers ('Go ahead and read it, already,' 'You won't be disappointed with this book')
  Mix of plot discussion and personal reaction without major spoilers
  Varied sentence structure from short fragments to longer complex sentences
  Honest critique when disappointed while remaining constructive ('Good but not great,' 'I read the book fairly quickly to get to the end')
Statistics:
  Average response length approximately 50-60 words, with range from 20 words (shortest) to 100 words (longest)
  Most frequent phrases include 'fast paced,' 'great characters,' 'witty dialog/dialogue,' 'very enjoyable,' and 'couldn't put it down'
  Consistent use of superlatives: 'absolutely awesome,' 'very good,' 'thoroughly enjoyable,' 'Awesome book'
  High frequency of exclamation points, averaging 2-4 per response to convey enthusiasm
  Typical response structure: 3-5 sentences with opening statement, supporting details, and closing thought
  Common word patterns: 'loved/enjoyed' + specific element (dialogue, characters, etc.)
  Frequent use of first-person perspective ('I enjoyed,' 'I was,' 'I hope')
  Regular mention of author names and character names, showing engagement with the literary world
  Varied sentence length from brief 5-word sentences to complex 25+ word constructions
<|The End of Persona|>

The user's past reviews:
--- Example 1 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Silent Prey (The Prey Series Book 4)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: John Sandford
- Description: Review Praise for John Sandford’s Prey Novels “Relentlessly swift...genuinely suspenseful...excellent.”— Los Angeles Times “Sandford is a writer in control of his craft.”— Chicago Sun-Times “Excellent...compelling...everything works.”— USA Today “Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills...a hell of a ride.”— Houston Chronicle “Crackling, page-turning tension...great scary fun.”— The New York Daily News “Enough pulse-pounding, page-turning excitement to keep you up way past bedtime.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “One of ...[truncated]
- Features: Make noise for a new Prey package and new author introduction! Dr. Mike Bekker, a psychotic pathologist, is back on the streets, doing what he does best—murdering one helpless victim after another. Lucas Davenport knows he should have killed Bekker when he had the chance. Now he has a second opportunity—and the time to hesitate is through.

Review by this user:
Not my favorite.: I guess I like Lucas and Virgil in their own environment. Not too keen on the secondary story line. Now on to book number five.

--- Example 2 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Invisible Prey (The Prey Series Book 17)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: John Sandford
- Description: Review Praise for John Sandford’s Prey Novels “Relentlessly swift...genuinely suspenseful...excellent.”— Los Angeles Times “Sandford is a writer in control of his craft.”— Chicago Sun-Times “Excellent...compelling...everything works.”— USA Today “Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills...a hell of a ride.”— Houston Chronicle “Crackling, page-turning tension...great scary fun.”— The New York Daily News “Enough pulse-pounding, page-turning excitement to keep you up way past bedtime.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “One of ...[truncated]
- Features: “A crackling addition to [the] Prey series” ( Entertainment Weekly ) from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. In a wealthy Minneapolis neighborhood, two elderly women are bludgeoned to death. They are apparent victims of a random robbery, though nothing of value appears to have been stolen. But when Lucas Davenport looks deeper, he fears that the victims weren’t so random, and the items stolen were far from invaluable.As a pattern emerges it leads Lucas to…certainly not where he expected. Wh ...[truncated]

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Loved it.: I'm trying to take my time reading through the Prey series, but I'm having trouble staying away from the next installment. Awesome good and bad characters in exciting stories. I don't want to go through all the novels too quickly. What author would I read next?

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- Title: Intensity: A Novel
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- Price: 9.99
- Author: Dean Koontz
- Description: Review "The most viscerally exciting thriller of the year."— Publishers Weekly "Intensity chills the reader to the core and establishes Koontz as a master."—Associated Press From the Paperback edition. From Library Journal Chyna Shepherd, at 26, is very much alone in the world. Growing up with a hippie mother, Chyna's bleak childhood was filled with fear and confusion. While visiting the home of her best and only friend Laura, Chyna miraculously survives the brutal and senseless murders of Laura and her ent ...[truncated]
- Features: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner . Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse him ...[truncated]

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Almost a five star.: Well-written but a little too much description of the experiences in the flashbacks. I was however very happy to read a story where the female's ingenuity and determination enabled her to persevere through seemingly insurmountable odds.

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- Title: Hostage: A Novel
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- Price: 7.99
- Author: Robert Crais
- Description: Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. PROLOGUE *† *† * The man in the house was going to kill himself. When the man threw his phone into the yard, Talley knew that he had accepted his own death. After six years as a crisis negotiator with the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team, Sergeant Jeff Talley knew that people in crisis often spoke in symbols. This symbol was clear: Talk was over. Talley feared that the man would die by his own hand, or do something to force the police to kill ...[truncated]
- Features: The bestselling author of Demolition Angel and L.A. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet.  As the Los Angeles Times said, Robert Crais is “a crime writer operating at the top of his game.” His complex heroes and heroines, his mastery of noir atmosphere, and his brilliant, taut plots have catapulted him into the front rank of a new breed of thriller writers. Hostage proves his earlier success was no fluke. It’s an unstoppable read. An ex-con with delusions of grandeur and his taga ...[truncated]

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One of the best novels I've ever read!: Robert Crais must be a genius. Layer upon layer of plot and characters. I read this book in 3 sittings. Couldn't wait to see what happened next. I've really enjoyed everything I've read from this author.

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- Title: Tell No One: A Novel
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 6.99
- Author: Harlan Coben
- Description: From Publishers Weekly Every writer likes to stretch his legs, and here Coben, author of seven acclaimed Myron Bolitar mysteries (Darkest Fear, etc.), stretches his. He doesn't quite kick his reputation aside in the process. This thriller, Coben's first non-Bolitar novel, is a breezy enough read, but it's not up to snuff. It's got a nifty setup, though. David Beck and Elizabeth Parker, just-married childhood sweethearts, are vacationing at the Beck family retreat when Beck is knocked unconscious and Elizabe ...[truncated]
- Features: For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible—that somew ...[truncated]

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Complex yet rewarding.: Very interesting mix of love story and crime story. Good character development even though there were quite a few characters. Cohen writes compelling novels. I'll continue reading his works.

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- Title: The First Rule (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Book 13)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: Robert Crais
- Description: Review “Is it possible for a crime novel to be both ultra-violent and elegant? If so, then The First Rule is a prime example. The mayhem is graphic and unflinching, but the prose and story line are as sleek and efficient as a beautifully crafted piece of machinery.”— The Seattle Times “[ The First Rule ] will satisfy longtime fans and make new ones...well-written action sequences and snappy dialogue.”— Los Angeles Times “Crais follows a straightforward, no-nonsense tradition that marks him as a direct desce ...[truncated]
- Features: Joe Pike and his partner Elvis Cole must solve the murder of an old friend and his entire family in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. When Frank Meyer and his family are executed during a home invasion, the police begin investigating the secret life they're sure Meyer had. Joe Pike's on a hunt of his own: to clear his friend's name, and to punish the people who murdered him. What starts out as a simple trail gets twisted fast by old grudges, double crosses, blood ...[truncated]

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Joe Pike Rules!!: Okay this was exciting, brutal, complex, and surprisingly gentle.  Don't want to give anything away, but I was surprised to see how well the tough guys handled a fragile object they needed to take care of. Great story.

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- Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: Naked Prey (The Prey Series Book 14)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 9.99
- Author: John Sandford
- Description: Amazon.com Review When twelve-year-old muskrat trapper Letty West stumbles on the naked bodies of Jane Warr and Deon Cash, deep in the snowy woods of northern Minnesota, it's more than another bizarre episode in her already unusual life, as Lucas Davenport discovers in this new outing in Sandford's popular series featuring the midwestern lawman who moonlights as a computer game designer. Lucas has a new wife, a new baby, and a new job as a political troubleshooter for his old boss Rose Marie Roux, but the b ...[truncated]
- Features: The #1 New York Times bestselling Lucas Davenport novel from John Sandford. Two people are found hanging naked from a tree in the woods of northern Minnesota. What makes the situation particularly sensitive is the bodies are of a black man and a white woman. Lynching is the word everyone’s trying not to say, but as Lucas Davenport begins to discover, the murders are not at all what they appear to be. And there is worse to come—much, much worse. “All but impossible to put down.”— The Washington Post “Fast pa ...[truncated]

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Another couldn't-put-it-down wild ride from Sandford.: Exciting story about characters you really cared about or found upsetting. Loved the entire book. I'll keep reading the series without a doubt.

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- Title: Shaken (Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mysteries) Book 7
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: None
- Description:
- Features: Chicago cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has chased, and caught, dozens of dangerous criminals over the course of her career. But she's about to meet her match.When Jack wakes up in a storage locker, bound and gagged, she knows with chilling certainty who her abductor is.He's called "Mr. K." More than two hundred homicides have been attributed to him. His victims have died in the most horrible ways imaginable. He's the essence of evil. Some think he's just an urban legend. But he's real. Jack has tangled with ...[truncated]

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Excellent- loved the flashbacks.: This novel filled us in on Jack's early days on the force. And set up the reason the current bad guys were out to get her. I'll definitely keep reading. A question- how does this male author get the female thinking process right??  Pretty amazing.

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**User Amazon store: Robert Crais (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition**: - Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Thrillers & Suspense
- Title: The Sentry (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Book 14)
- Subtitle: Kindle Edition
- Price: 8.99
- Author: Robert Crais
  Robert Crais is the author of the bestselling Cole & Pike novels. A native of Louisiana, Crais moved to Hollywood in the late 70s where he began a successful career in television, writing scripts for such major series as Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues. In the mid 80s, following his success with the TV buddy genre, Crais created a series of crime novels based around the characters Cole & Pike. In addition, Crais has also written several bestselling standalone thrillers. Robert Crais lives in LA with his wife and family. Here are the Elvis Cole novels in series order: The Monkey's Raincoat Stalking the Angel Lullaby Town Free Fall Voodoo River Sunset Express Indigo Slam L. A. Requiem The Last Detective The Forgotten Man The Watchman Chasing Darkness Stand-alone novels: Demolition Angel Hostage The Two Minute Rule The First Rule
- Description: Review “The action...is intense and the body count in high.”— Los Angeles Times “[An] expertly tuned plot.”— Entertainment Weekly “A wild ride...fast-paced, engaging.”— Houston Press “Jaw-dropping plot twists...page-turning suspense.”—Associated Press“A testosterone-fueled caper.”— Booklist “Impressive...Heartbreaking ironies, frustrated desires, and violent nonstop action make this a standout. Crais just keeps getting better.”— Publishers Weekly About the Author Robert Crais is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, many of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. Before writing his first novel, Crais spent several years writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues , Cagney & Lacey , Miami Vice , Quincy , Baretta , and L.A. Law . He received an Emmy nomination for his work on Hill Street Blues , and one of his standalone novels, Hostage , was made into a movie starring Bruce Willis. His novels have been translated into forty-two languages and are bestsellers around the world. A native of Louisiana, he lives in Los Angeles. From AudioFile Start listening and prepare to be unavailable to your other life. Luke Daniels is a terrific Joe Pike. His whispery yet masculine portrayal of Joe couldn't feel more perfect for this ex-Delta Force, ex-mercenary, ex-cop really good guy with a single-mindedness of purpose that seems hardly human. Joe has accidentally taken on the burden of protecting a beautiful young woman who is not at all what she seems. Daniels maintains all the appropriate excitement and action with his superior voice and pacing. A minor criticism is that it's hard to credit his New Orleans drawl, especially that of the female lead. It's confusing as to whether she's black or white. Nonetheless, this is another great listen from Crais. M.C. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. New Orleans2005 Monday, 4:28 a.m., the narrow French Quarter room was smoky with cheap candles that smelled of honey. Daniel stared through broken shutters and shivering glass up the length of the alley, catching a thin slice of Jackson Square through curtains of gale-force rain that swirled through New Orleans like mad bats riding the storm. Daniel had never seen rain fall up before. Daniel loved these damned hurricanes. He folded back the shutters, then opened the window. Rain hit him good. It tasted of salt and smelled of dead fish and weeds. The cat-five wind clawed through New Orleans at better than a hundred miles an hour, but back here in the alley—in a cheap one-room apartment over a po'boy shop—the wind was no stronger than an arrogant breeze. The power in this part of the Quarter had gone out almost an hour ago; hence, the candles Daniel found in the manager's office. Emergency lighting fed by battery packs lit a few nearby buildings, giving a creepy blue glow to the shimmering walls. Most everyone in the surrounding buildings had gone. Not everyone, but most. The stubborn, the helpless, and the stupid had stayed. Like Daniel's friend, Tolley. Tolley had stayed. Stupid. And now here they were in an empty building surrounded by empty buildings in an outrageous storm that had forced more than a million people out of the city, but Daniel kinda dug it. All this noise and all this emptiness, no one to hear Tolley scream. Daniel turned from the window, arching his eyebrows. "You smell that? That's what zombies smell like, brought up from the death with an unnatural life. You get to see a zombie?" Tolley was between answers right now, being tied to the bed with thirty feet of nylon cord. His head just kinda hung there, all swollen and broken, though he was still breathing. Every once in a while he would lurch and shiver. Daniel didn't let Tolley's lack of responsiveness stop him. Daniel sauntered over to the bed. Cleo and Tobey shuffled out of the way, letting him pass. Daniel had a syringe pack in his bag, along with some poppers, meth, and other choice pharmaceuticals. He took out the kit, shot up Tolley with some crystal, then waited for it to take effect. Outside, something exploded with a muffled whump that wasn't quite lost in the wind. Power transformer, probably, giving up the ghost, or maybe a wall falling over. Tolley's eyes flickered amid a sudden fury of blinks, then dialed into focus. He tried to pull away when he saw Daniel, but, really, where could he go? Daniel said, all serious, "I asked you, you seen a zombie? They got'm here in this place, I know for a fact." Tolley shook his head, which kinda pissed Daniel off. On his way to New Orleans six days earlier, having been sent to find Tolley based upon an absolutely spot-on lead, Daniel decided this was his one pure and good chance to see a zombie. Daniel could not abide a zombie, and found their existence offensive. The dead should stay dead, and not rise to walk again, all shamblin' and vile and slack. He didn't care for vampires, either, but zombies just rubbed him the wrong way. Daniel had it on good authority that New Orleans held quite a few zombies, and maybe a vampire or two. "Don't be like that, Tolliver. New Orleans is supposed to have zombies, don't it, what with all this hoodoo and shit you got here, them zombies from Haiti? You musta seen something Tolley's eyes were bright with meth, the one eye, the left, a glossy red ball what with the burst veins. Daniel wiped the rain from his face, and felt all tired. "Where is she?" "I swear I doan know." "You kill her? That what you been tryin' to say?" "No!" "She tell you where they goin'?" "I don't know nuthin' about—" Daniel hammered his fist straight down on Tolley's chest, and scooped up the Asp. The Asp was a collapsible steel rod almost two feet long. Daniel brought it down hard, lashing Tolley's chest, belly, thighs, and shins with a furious beating. Tolley screamed and jerked at his binds, but no one was left to hear. Daniel let him have it for a long time, then tossed aside the Asp and returned to the window. Tobey and Cleo scrambled out of his way. "I wanna see a goddamned zombie. A zombie, vampire, something to make this fuckin' trip worthwhile." The rain blew in hard, hot and salty as blood. Daniel didn't care. Here he was, come all this way, and not a zombie to be found. Anything was good, Daniel missed out. A life of miserable disappointments. He looked at Tobey and Cleo. They were difficult to see in the flickery light, all blurry and smudged, but he could make them out well enough. "Bet I could kill me a zombie, one on one, straight up, and I'd like to try. You think I could kill me a zombie?" Neither Tobey nor Cleo answered. "I ain't shittin', I could take me a zombie. Take me a vampire, too, only here we are and I gotta waste my time with this lame shit. I'd rather be huntin' zombies." He pointed at Tolley. "Hey, boy." Daniel returned to the bed and shook Tolley awake. "You think I could take me a zombie, head up, one on one?" The red eye rolled, and blood leaked from the shattered mouth. A mushy hiss escaped, so Daniel leaned closer. Sounded like the fucker was finally openin' up. "Say what?" Tolley's mouth worked as he tried to speak. Daniel smiled encouragingly. "You hear that wind? I was a bat, I'd spread my wings and ride that sumbitch for all she was worth. Where'd they go, boy? I know she tol' ya. You tell me where they went so I can get outta here. Just say it. You're almost there. Give me a hand, and I'm out your hair." Tolley's lips worked, and Daniel knew he was about to give it, but then what little air he had left hissed out. "You say west? They was headed west? Over to Texas?" Tolley was dead. Daniel stared at the body for a moment, then drew his gun and put five bullets into Tolliver James's chest. Nasty explosions that anyone staying behind would have heard even with the lion wind. Daniel didn't give a damn. If someone came running, Daniel figured to shoot them, too, but nobody came—no police, no neighbors, no nobody. Everyone with two squirts of brain juice was hunkered down tight, trying to survive. Daniel reloaded, tucked away his gun, then took out the satellite phone. The cell stations were out all over the city, but the sat phone worked great. He checked the time, hit the speed dial, then waited for a link. It always took a few seconds. In that time, he stood taller, straightened himself, and resumed his normal manner. When the connection was made, Daniel reported. "Tolliver James is dead. He didn't provide anything useful." Daniel listened for a moment before responding. "No, sir, they're gone. That much is confirmed. James was a good bet, but I don't believe she told him anything." He listened again, this time for quite a while. "No, sir, that is not altogether true. There are three or four people here I'd still like to talk to, but the storm has turned this place to shit. They've almost certainly evacuated. I just don't know. It will take me a while to locate them." More chatter from the other side, but then they were finished. "Yes, sir, I understand. You get yours, I get mine. I won't let you down." A last word from the master. "Yes, sir. Thank you. I'll keep you informed." Daniel shut the phone and put it away. "Asshole." He returned to the window, and let the rain lash him. Everything was wet now: shirt, pants, shoes, hair, all the way down to his bones. He leaned out, better to see the Square. A fifty-five-gallon oil drum tumbled past the alley's mouth, end over end, followed by a bicycle, swept along on its side, and then a shattered sheet of plywood flipping and soaring like a playing card tossed out like trash. Daniel shouted into the wind as loud as he could. "C'mon and get me, you fuckin' zombies! Show your true and unnatural colors." Daniel threw back his head and howled. He barked like a dog, then howled again before turning back to the room to pack up his gear. Tobey and Cleo were gone. Tolliver had hidden eight thousand dollars under the mattress, still vacu-packed in plastic, which Daniel found when he first searched the room. Probably a gift from the girl. Daniel stashed the money in his bag, checked to make sure Tolliver had no pulse, then went to the little bathroom where he'd left Tolliver's lady friend after he strangled her, nice and neat in the tub. A little black stream of ants had already found her, not even a day. Cleo said, "Gotta get going, Daniel. Stop fuckin' around." Tobey said, "Go where, a storm like this? Makes sense to stay." Daniel decided Tobey was right. Tobey was the smart one, and usually right, even if Daniel couldn't always see him. "Okay, I guess I should wait till the worst is over." Tobey said, "Wait." Cleo said, "Wait, wait." Like echoes fading away. Daniel returned to the window. He leaned out into the rain again, watching the mouth of the alley in case a zombie rattled past. "C'mon, goddamnit, lemme see one. One freaky-ass zombie is all I ask." If a zombie appeared, Daniel planned to jump out the window after it and rip its putrid, unnatural flesh to pieces with his teeth. He was, after all, a werewolf, which was why he was such a good hunter and killer. Werewolves feared nothing. Daniel tipped back his head and howled to match the wind, then doused the candles and sat with the bodies, waiting for the storm to pass. When it ended, Daniel would find their trail, and track them, and he would not quit until they were his. No matter how long it took or how far they ran. This was why the men down south used him for these jobs and paid him so well. Werewolves caught their prey. Los AngelesNow The wind did not wake him. It was the dream. He heard the buffeting wind before he opened his eyes, but the dream was what woke him on that dark early morning. A cat was his witness. Hunkered at the end of the bed, ears down, a low growl in its chest, a ragged black cat was staring at him when Elvis Cole opened his eyes. Its warrior face was angry, and, in that moment, Cole knew they had shared the nightmare. Cole woke on the bed in his loft bathed in soft moonlight, feeling his A-frame shudder as the wind tried to push it from its perch high in the Hollywood Hills. A freak weather system in the Midwest was pulling fifty- to seventy-knot winds from the sea that had hammered Los Angeles for days. Cole sat up, awake now and wanting to shake off the dream—an ugly nightmare that left him feeling unsettled and depressed. The cat's ears stayed down. Cole held out his hand, but the cat poured off the bed like a pool of black ink. Cole said, "Me, too." He checked the time. Habit. Three-twelve in the a.m. He reached toward the nightstand to check his gun—habit—but stopped himself when he realized what he was doing. "C'mon, what's the point?" The gun was there because it was always there, sometimes needed but most times not. Living alone with only an angry cat for company, there seemed no reason to move it. Now, at three-twelve in the middle of a wind-torched night, it was a reminder of what he had lost. Cole realized he was trembling, and pushed out of bed. The dream scared him. Muzzle flash so bright it sparkled his eyes; the charcoal smell of smokeless powder; a glittery red mist that dappled his skin; shattered sunglasses that arced through the air—images so vivid they shocked him awake. Now he shook as his body burned off the fear. The back of Cole's house was an A-shaped glass steeple, giving him a view of the canyon behind his house and a diamond-dust glimpse of the city beyond. Now, the canyon was blue with bright moonlight. The sleeping houses below were surrounded by blue-and-gray trees that shivered and danced in the St. Vitus wind. Cole wondered if someone down there had awakened like him. He wondered if they had suffered a similar nightmare—seeing their best friend shot to death in the dark. Violence was part of him. Elvis Cole did not want it, seek it, or enjoy it, but maybe these were only things he told himself in cold moments like now. The nature of his life had cost him the woman he loved and the little boy he had grown to love, and left him alone in this house with nothing but an angry cat for company and a pistol that did not need to be put away. Now here was this dream that left his skin crawling—so real it felt like a premonition. He looked at the phone and told himself no—no, that's silly, it's stupid, it's three in the morning. Cole made the call. One ring, and his call was answered. At three in the morning. "Pike." "Hey, man." Cole didn't know what to say after that, feeling so stupid. "You good?" Pike said, "Good. You?" "Yeah. Sorry, man, it's late." "You okay?" "Yeah. Just a bad feeling is all." They lapsed into a silence Cole found embarrassing, but it was Pike who spoke first. "You need me, I'm there." "It's the wind. This wind is crazy." "Uh-huh." "Watch yourself." He told Pike he would call again soon, then put down the phone. Cole felt no relief after the call. He told himself he should, but he didn't. The dream should have faded, but it did not. Talking to Pike now made it feel even more real. You need me, I'm there. How many times had Joe Pike placed himself in harm's way to save him? They had fought the good fight together, and won, and sometimes lost. They had shot people who had harmed or were doing harm, and been shot, and Joe Pike had saved Cole's life more than a few times like an archangel from Heaven. Yet here was the dream and the dream did not fade— Muzzle flashes in a dingy room. A woman's shadow cast on the wall. Dark glasses spinning into space. Joe Pike falling through a terrible red mist. Cole crept downstairs through the dark house and stepped out onto his deck. Leaves and debris stung his face like sand on a windswept beach. Lights from the houses below glittered like fallen stars. In low moments on nights like this when Elvis Cole thought of the woman and the boy, he told himself the violence in his life had cost him everything, but he knew that was not true. As lonely as he sometimes felt, he still had more to lose. He could lose his best friend. Or himself. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. From Bookmarks Magazine There’s no doubt that Elvis Cole is a winning character. But critics agreed that Joe Pike, who first abandoned his role as second fiddle to Cole in The Watchman , is a worthy main protagonist in his own right. Stoic, cool, self-possessed, and relentless, Pike not only complements his partner but gives the series greater depth and flavor. Most reviewers felt that The Sentry , like previous novels in the series, has a confident plot, fast-paced action, an insider’s view of a multifaceted Los Angeles, and enough suspense to keep turning the pages. Only a couple faulted the plot and some contrived villains. Though it’s best to start at the beginning of the series, The Sentry is a good place to get to know Pike better, as well as an excellent entry in the series. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Amazon.com Review T. Jefferson Parker and Robert Crais: Author One-on-One In this Amazon exclusive, we brought together blockbuster authors T. Jefferson Parker and Robert Crais and asked them to interview each other. T. Jefferson Parker is one of only three writers to be awarded the Edgar Award for Best Novel more than once and the bestselling author of numerous novels, including Iron River . Parker lives with his family in Southern California. Read on to see T. Jefferson Parker's questions for Robert Crais, or turn the tables to see what Crais asked Parker. Parker: You’ve got a new novel coming out in January of 2011. I haven’t read it yet, so can you tell me a bit about it? Crais: It's a Joe Pike novel. Wasn't supposed to be, so I was taken by surprise, but that's the way Pike is. I planned to follow my last book, The First Rule , with an Elvis Cole novel, but I saw Pike meet a woman in Venice, California, a few moments after Pike saved her uncle from a robbery. Ideas for books come to me that way--I'll see an image. The way Pike looked at her, I knew right away I had to follow their story. So it's a love story, but not your usual love story--it's a Joe Pike love story. As the Kirkus review said, "Prepare the body bags." Parker: Did you have any surprises as you wrote the book? Crais: A character named Daniel. Daniel is a hit man who is after the woman Pike is falling for. He is not your typical hit man. Daniel is very strange dude, and the creepiest character I've ever created. When I wrote his first scene, I sat back, and said, whoa, where did this guy come from? Parker: You write terrific heroes and terrific villains. How do you get inside their heads, learn their methods and tricks? Crais: The answer would scare you. Really. Parker: Can you describe a typical work day? Crais: It's pretty boring. I get up, go for a hike or work out because I like to get the exercise out of the way, then I sit down to work. The work requires discipline because there are so many distractions. Though, honestly, I can't think of a better way to spend my time than hanging out with Joe Pike and Elvis Cole and even strange and dangerous characters like Daniel. Parker: Okay, when all the work is done (is it ever?) what do you do for plain-old, flat-out fun? Crais: Anything outside. Hiking, scuba diving, flying. As a writer, I spend most of my time inside, staring at my computer. When the work is finished, I want OUT. It's like being paroled.   (Photo of T. Jefferson Parker © Rebecca Lawson)  (Photo of Robert Crais © exleyfotoinc) --This text refers to the hardcover edition. From Booklist It’s a routine Southern California day when former cop and sometime mercenary Joe Pike intervenes to break up the gang shakedown of a sandwich shop. The shop is run by Dru Rayne and her uncle, Wilson, two refugees from Katrina starting a new life. The chemistry between Pike and Dru is immediate, prompting him to keep an eye on the store; the gang leader, Venice Trece, will surely return to deliver revenge. But as Pike and his sidekick, private detective Elvis Cole, soon learn, nothing about Dru and Wilson adds up. Even as he’s negotiating a truce with the duplicitous leader of the gang, Pike learns that Dru is likely not the innocent she seems. The latest Pike novel is a testosterone-fueled caper with tough guys doing hard things to bad people, but it doesn’t pack the emotional wallop of Crais’ best work. High-Demand Backstory: Crais’ last Joe Pike novel reached number two on the New York Times best-seller list; longtime fans may find this one not quite up to the author’s high standards, but the demand will still be there. --Wes Lukowsky --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Read more
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Private investigators Joe Pike and Elvis Cole get double-crossed in this twisty, gripping New York Times bestseller that will have readers on the edge of their seats. When gangbangers shake down the modest owner of a Los Angeles eatery, Joe Pike intervenes. For all intents and purposes, Pike saved Wilson Smith's life. But for reasons of their own, Smith and his lovely niece, Dru, are curiously resentful. It's only when Pike's feelings for the woman deepen that he and his partner, Elvis Cole, discover that Dru and her uncle are not at all who they seem, and everything Pike has learned about them is a lie. But it's much more than a deception. It's a trap. And with every new twist it's proving to be a killer.
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  Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition (January 11, 2011)
  Publication date: January 11, 2011
  Language: English
  File size: 997 KB
  Text to Speech: Enabled
  Screen Reader: Supported
  Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
  X Ray: Enabled
  Word Wise: Enabled
  Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe
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First, PREDICT the substantive review THIS user would most likely write about THIS book, using their persona + past reviews + this book's context. Then turn that prediction into a rubric.

Write 8-12 numbered criteria that a judge will use to check whether a CANDIDATE review COVERS THE KEY POINTS this user would actually make about THIS book. Ground every criterion in the user's likely CONTENT, not surface style:
- Their likely OVERALL STANCE / verdict on this book (would they like or dislike it, and why), inferred from their taste and this book's genre/premise/themes.
- The SPECIFIC aspects they would most likely comment on here -- name concrete elements from THIS book (particular plot points, characters, themes, pacing, craft, comparisons) that a reader like this user reacts to.
- Their characteristic OPINIONS / reactions (what they would praise or criticize here) and the direction/strength of sentiment.
- Any content they habitually include (recommendation, audience, warnings, comparisons).

Write the criteria to match HOW the candidate will be graded (coverage of the user's real review minus a penalty for extra content):
- Each criterion should reward COVERING a specific likely key point, checkable in a short review.
- Make them DISCRIMINATING: a candidate that writes a generic or merely on-topic review WITHOUT the user's specific likely take must score LOW; only a candidate that hits the user's actual likely points and stance scores HIGH.
- Include at least one criterion that PENALIZES speculative, hedging, off-target, or padded content not central to what this user would say.
- Do NOT reward surface formatting.

Output ONLY the rubric:
<rubric>
1. <criterion>
...
</rubric>