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The user's persona:
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Demographics:
  age group: 30s-40s (parent of tweens aged 10-11 in 2012)
  gender: Female
  location: United States
  nationality: American
  other: Married with two sons (ages 10-11 in 2012), homeowner, husband works in construction
Interests:
  Paranormal romance with unique twists on vampire and fairy mythology, as seen in enthusiasm for 'Piper's Fury brings some new ideas to the table' and 'very unique and different take on fairies' in Wings
  Contemporary romance with emotional depth, particularly stories involving 'danger and romance' and 'touching and unexpected love story' elements
  Young adult fiction featuring realistic teen experiences, actively seeking 'YA books that have male main characters' for her tween sons
  Mystery and thriller novels with strong female protagonists, enjoying 'fun and entertaining read' quality in series like Lucky Stiff
  Character-driven narratives where 'characters are so well defined' and feel like 'real people with real problems'
  Books addressing serious topics like body image, teen pregnancy, and family dysfunction in 'thoughtful' and 'approachable' ways
  Stories with multiple perspectives, appreciating when 'story is written from not just [one] point of view but each of the four teens'
  Practical non-fiction for home management, finding books with 'lots of great ideas' and 'useful' tips that can be referenced repeatedly
Values:
  Authentic character development over time, expressing frustration when protagonists 'make the same stupid mistakes book after book' without growth
  Realistic emotional processing, troubled by characters who 'just falls for this man mere weeks after her husband dies' without proper grieving
  Age-appropriate content awareness, noting books 'will go in the list of books available to them in a few years' when sons are older
  Non-judgmental exploration of difficult topics, appreciating 'important that teens know and understand that there are people out there who will help'
  Emotional authenticity in storytelling, valuing books that are 'full of many different emotions, I laugh and I cried and felt a lot all the way through'
  Practical usefulness and reference value, keeping books 'on my shelf for a long time' because 'I can reference it time and again'
  Family relationships and support systems, appreciating stories showing 'there are adults who will be there as support'
  Avoiding assumptions about others, endorsing the message 'You don't know everyone's story so don't make assumptions'
Communication:
  Conversational and accessible writing style using first-person perspective with phrases like 'I really enjoyed,' 'I found,' and 'I think'
  Structured review format typically opening with initial expectations, moving through plot analysis, and concluding with ratings like '4.5 of 5 stars'
  Personal connection to material, relating stories to own experiences: 'As a mother, I could completely understand where Auto was in her life'
  Balanced criticism using transitional phrases like 'The only thing that really bothered me' and 'One issue I have had with this series'
  Informal expressions and colloquialisms including 'All in all,' 'Let's get into the story a bit,' 'Quite fun actually,' and 'for sure'
  Consistent paragraph breaks for readability, typically 3-5 paragraphs per review with clear topic separation
  Direct recommendations to readers: 'I recommend this book for a fun quick read' and 'if you enjoy family stories...you're going to want to pick this book up'
  Honest acknowledgment of personal biases: 'I find myself having a really difficult time with writing a fair and unbiased opinion because the views in this book are just so different from my own beliefs'
Statistics:
  Average review length approximately 300-400 words, with minimum around 150 words and maximum exceeding 500 words
  Frequently used phrases include 'I really enjoyed' (appears in 8+ reviews), 'All in all' (appears in 6+ reviews), 'I loved' (appears in 5+ reviews)
  Consistent use of rating systems, often concluding with numerical ratings like '4.5 of 5 stars' or '4 out of 5 roses'
  Typical review structure: 3-5 paragraphs with opening reaction, plot summary, character analysis, and concluding recommendation
  High frequency of first-person pronouns and possessive adjectives ('I,' 'my,' 'me') indicating personal engagement with material
  Regular use of qualifying language like 'I think,' 'for sure,' 'kind of,' and 'pretty much' to soften statements
  Balanced positive-to-critical ratio, typically highlighting 2-3 positive aspects before introducing 1-2 criticisms per review
  Consistent paragraph breaks and formatting, never using bullet points or numbered lists, maintaining prose narrative style throughout
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The user's past reviews:
--- Example 1 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Teen & Young Adult->Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Title: Dreamless
- Subtitle: Hardcover – May 30, 2012
- Price: 8.75
- Author: Josephine Angelini
- Description: From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-This paranormal sequel to Starcrossed (HarperCollins, 2011) continues demigod Helen's quest to descend into the Underworld to try to defeat the Furies and end thousands of years of endless killing among her kin. In this world, Helen and her demigod cousins are descended from one of Four Houses, and the Furies make them all enemies of one another. Despite the fact that Helen and Lucas were from enemy Houses and wanted to kill each other in Starcrossed, they fell in love an ...[truncated]
- Features: StarHearts, as fans of Josephine Angelini call themselves, will stay up all night reading Dreamless, the second book in the bestselling Starcrossed series. The saga mixes mythology, romance, action, and intrigue in a completely original way. Dreamless continues the story of Helen Hamilton, a shy girl living on Nantucket Island whose desire for an ordinary life was thwarted when she discovered she is a Scion, a descendant of a Greek god and a mortal. Each Scion has a power, and Helen's is the ability to trav ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Another good installment: Dreamless, the second installment in the Starcrossed Series, started a bit slow for the first 75 pages or so, at least in my opinion.  It look me a very long time to get into the story, but once I did it really grabbed a hold of me and I just needed to know what was going to happen with Helen.  This is by far one of the most unique takes I have read on Greek Mythology and for the most part I really like it.  I do get challenged at points where I just cannot seem to figure out which Gods or Goddesses are being discussed.  I like the tension between Helen and Lucas.  I cannot imagine finding out the person you are most attracted to is family and you need to stop having those feelings.  What really surprised me about Dreamless is the introduction of the love triangle between Helen, Lucas and Orion.  Orion shows up in the Underworld with Helen one night sent my her mother to help her save the Scions and hopefully save herself along the way.

Josephine Angelini is an outstanding story teller.  It cannot be easy to take a traditional mythology and make it modern and relevant for teens today.  I think that this is what draws me to this series the most.  Dreamless, once it picked up was equal to if not better than Starcrossed.  Now to wait another year for book 3, I don't know that I can wait that long.

--- Example 2 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: Skinny: A Novel
- Subtitle: Paperback – April 26, 2011
- Price: 14.99
- Author: Diana Spechler
- Description: From Publishers Weekly Instead of relating to her charges at a teenage weight-loss camp, 20-something Gray Lachmann studies them through the same empathy-free eyes with which she views herself in Spechler's shallow second novel (after Who by Fire). Feeling culpable in her father's death, Gray leaves New York and takes a job at Camp Carolina for the summer, hoping to lose the pounds she gained bingeing in her guilt and grief, and to also meet Eden, the girl she believes to be her stepsister, discovered via a ...[truncated]
- Features: “ Skinny will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." —Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of TheOne That I Want and Time of My Life "Spechler…transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." — Boston Globe To escape thegrief she feels following her father’s death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
So relateable: I really enjoyed this book.  I picked it up and to be completely honest did not want to put it down. I could completely relate the Gray - eating issues seems to be running crazy in our society and I for one have been affected.  This book take a very bold stand and the connections between food and pain both emotional and physical.  It is a very hard topic to write well and Diana Spechler  does an outstanding job of putting into words what some many women and teens face day in and day out.  I really enjoyed that the way that this was done was not necessarily through traditional relationships but partly through Grey giving up her entire life in New York City to be a counselor at a "fat camp" after she thinks that she finds out her father had another daughter after he dies suddenly.  She leaves behind a boyfriend but quickly falls for another guy at camp.  She also had some trouble with a wicked girl at camp.  It never ceases to amaze me how twisted a character can be in a book and bring me right back to times in my history that I would rather forget.  I loved the different characters in this book.  They all had their own challenges.  It made the book very well rounded.  The end was a bit abrupt for me, mostly due to the fact that I wanted more.  I wanted to see where things were going to go.

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Book:
- Category: Books->Teen & Young Adult->Literature & Fiction
- Title: Divergent
- Subtitle: Hardcover – Box set, May 2, 2011
- Price: 11.08
- Author: Veronica Roth
- Description: Amazon.com Review A Q&A with Author Veronica Roth Q: What advice would you offer to young aspiring writers, who long to live a success story like your own? Roth: One piece of advice I have is: Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldn’t rely on it, because it’s not guaranteed and it’s not permanent and it’s not sufficient. So work hard, fall in love with the writing—the characters, the story, the words, the theme ...[truncated]
- Features: This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers. Perfect for fans of the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series, Divergent and its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant, are the gripping story of a dystopian world transformed by courage, self-sacrifice, and love. F ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
My Favorite Book of 2011: After hearing Veronica Roth talk about her book at The Dark Days of Supernatural Event in June, I was super excited to read this book.  Listening to an author talk about their process and how they went about gathering ideas and writing the books always seems to pull me into the story more.

The story itself is about a young girl, Beatrice who about to go through the selection process to select her faction.  She does not want to let her family down but she knows that she cannot stay with them.  This is especially true when she goes through her test and finds out that she is something called divergent, but cannot tell anyone this.  She leaves her family and goes through an almost crazy initiation.  She meets Tris and begins to struggle with who her friends are and who is against her.  It also seems that there is a bigger problem out there and she doesn't know what it is.

Veronica Roth build an outstanding world for this series.  I was impressed with the complexity of the different areas of town, some very familiar as present Chicago, but always with a twist.  I like her ability to take familiar things and make them different to fit what she needs at that point in the story.  For a debut author, this story was extremely well written without many gaps in story line or character development.  Relationships were a bit difficult because there was no relating to those of different factions.  I did feel in part that Beatrice did not "mourn" the loss of her family like I expected rather just jumped into her training head on.

My favorite story element in the story was the factions.  What an interesting way to take what we view as driving morals and turn them into a way to govern people.  I thought that this was a really creative take.

--- Example 4 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Teen & Young Adult->Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Title: The Selection (The Selection, 1)
- Subtitle: Hardcover – April 24, 2012
- Price: None
- Author: Kiera Cass
- Description: Review “An engrossing tale reminiscent of Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy and Ally Condie’s Matched. Fairy-tale lovers will lose themselves in America’s alternate reality and wish that the next glamorous sequel were waiting for them.” — School Library Journal “Cass’s immensely readable debut novel is a less drastic Hunger Games, with elaborate fashion and trappings. The fast-paced action will have readers gasping for the upcoming sequel.” — Booklist “A cross between The Hunger Games (minus the bloodsport) a ...[truncated]
- Features: Fall in love—from the very beginning. Discover the first book in the captivating, #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series. Prepare to be swept into a world of breathless fairy-tale romance, swoonworthy characters, glittering gowns, and fierce intrigue perfect for readers who loved Divergent, Delirium , or The Wrath & the Dawn. For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape a rigid caste system, live in a palace, and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Hunger Game crossed with the Bachelor: First let me say that the cover for The Selection was a bit deceiving and mislead me as to what the book was really about.  It is a beautiful cover don't get me wrong but it lead me to believe that this was a big beauty contest and it turned out to be so much more.  I felt that The Selection was a cross between The Hunger Games and The Bachelor, but leaning much more toward The Bachelor.  The idea of their being castes and seeing the differences between them reminded me a lot of The Hunger Games but this was not the major part of the story.  The majority of the story was set in the castle where Prince Maxon spending time with the Ladies individually and as a whole group.  There is a lot of catty behavior and craziness between the Ladies.  While this was an enjoyable part of the story, I really enjoyed the time that America spends with Prince Maxon and the understanding they come to that she will be his friend, ally if you will, in this selection process since she is still in love with her next door neighbor back home, Aspen, who is a caste level below her and therefore not acceptable to marry.  But things begin to change along the way and America's feelings start to change about Maxon.  There are many other interesting things going in the country and the Ladies are there for selection and many things happen in the country that Maxon is not aware of, first and foremost that there are many people out there who do not have food to eat.

I really enjoyed this book and felt like it flew by.  I was very frustrated when I got to the last page because it ended in such a cliffhanger!  America becomes one of the Elite, in this selection one of the last 6 Ladies in the Selection process of finding a new princess.  The writing style was quickwitted and fun.  All of the girls had very different personalities and Kiera Cass did a great job of developing each person so that they have clear personalities.  This is a great book to check out for a quick summer read.

--- Example 5 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Women's Fiction
- Title: On the Island
- Subtitle: Paperback – January 1, 2012
- Price: 17.0
- Author: Tracey Garvis Graves
- Description: Review Praise for On the Island and Tracy Garvis Graves “[Garvis Graves is] the patron saint of independent authors.”— Kirkus Reviews “If you like Lost , Castaway and Fifty Shades of Grey , this initially self-published and now New York Times bestseller will float your boat.”—Genevieve Fox, Daily Mail (London) “An addictive hybrid: The Beach meets Robinson Crusoe meets Room .”—Julia Llewellyn, The Telegraph “The breakout hit.”—Susan Maguire, Booklist About the Author Tracey Garvis Graves is the New York Tim ...[truncated]
- Features: In this runaway New York Times bestseller, a harrowing near-death experience brings together an English teacher and her student as they struggle to survive on a desert island. Sixteen-year-old T.J. Callahan has no desire to go anywhere. With his cancer in remission, all he wants is to get back to his normal life. But his parents insist that he spend the summer catching up on the school he missed while he was sick.Anna Emerson is a thirty-year-old English teacher who has been worn down by the cold Chicago wi ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Very Surprised: I was a bit skeptical about On the Island when I first read the blurb.  I was really just not sure that I was going to be able to connect with the characters, I mean a 30 year old woman and a 16 year old boy, it just felt very unlikely.  So I was very surprised when it captured my attention and I didn't want to put the book down.  It starts with Anna, a tutor, leaving with her pupil, T.J., headed to a foreign island for the summer.  T.J. is recovering from cancer was was behind in school so his parents hire Anna to help get him caught up over the summer. The trip to meet the family keeps being delayed and they catch a seaplane that is not originally on the plan just to get there after more than 24 hours of travel.  Their pilot suffers a heart attack and they crash into the ocean.  After a very dramatic scene of survival, they find themselves alone on a island with nothing.  Some of their belongs wash up on short but after one plane flies over there is nothing.  The story of their life on the island is outstanding.  The writing is believable and powerful.  It takes a while before the romance starts between them and it starts in a very believable way and grows from there.  There is some problems with the timeline as to how long they are actually on the island but by my count it is about three and a half year.  You can only imagine how hard it would be to survive that long and the hope that you would lose along the way.  I was left wondering how or when they would be discovered and it was in a way that I never expected.  I was so surprised but that is for you to find out when you pick this book up.  Once they are rescued and go back home they both say they will stay together but life is not that easy.  There is a lot of press and Anna takes a lot of press for her relationship with T.J.  For a while this separates them but there has to be a chance that love will prevail.

As a debut book, this was much better than what I have come to expect from first time authors.  I know that Tracey Garvis Graves went through a lot to get her book in print to learn more check out her story.

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Book:
- Category: Books->Children's Books->Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Title: Impossible
- Subtitle: Paperback – Bargain Price, August 11, 2009
- Price: 9.83
- Author: Nancy Werlin
- Description: Review Werlin earns high marks for the tales graceful interplay between wild magic and contemporary reality.  Booklist , starred review This unique story flows smoothly and evenly, and the well-drawn characters and subtle hints of magic early on allow readers to enter willingly into the world of fantasy.  School Library Journal , starred review Modern logic and methodology mesh splendidly with fairy lore. . . The conclusion is startingly wholesome, comfortable and complete. . . the melding of magic ...[truncated]
- Features: A beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning author Nancy Werlin Inspired by the classic folk ballad “Scarborough Fair,” this is a wonderfully riveting novel of suspense, romance, and fantasy. Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that she is the latest recipient of a generations-old family curse that requires her to complete three seemingly impossible tasks or risk falling into madness and passing the curse on to the next generation. Unlike her ancestors, though, Lucy ha ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Surprising: I did not do anything but look at this cover before I starting reading the book.  Normally, I read the book jacket but I just didn't with this book so I had no idea what to expect.  Right from the get go, I was drawn to Lucy Scarborough, who is going through the difficult teen years.  To add to this already difficult time, she has been raised by an adoptive family as her mother has mental illness and she pops in and out of Lucy's life causing much stress.

Much to Lucy's distress, her mother Miranda, shows up just as she is getting ready to leave for prom singing the dreaded "Scarborough Fair" and talking of curses.  Lucy ends up getting it all together and still goes to Prom but the unimaginable happens and she is raped by her date, who dies in a car accident that very same night.  I was please that this book was kept at a very G-rating and any sexual reference were very light.  Soon Lucy realizes that even though she took the morning after drug to prevent pregnancy, she is indeed pregnant and that maybe her mothers talk of this curse is not all crazy.

The remainder of the book goes through all of the challenges she is faced with to try to stop this seemly impossible curse to break.  Lucy does not want to go crazy like her mother but how can she stop the curse?

I really enjoyed this book.  At times, it was very hard for me to put down because I just had to know what was going to happen next.  That being said there were times that there was just too much going on in the book, too many directions.  Overall, I think that this book had a lot of interesting lore in it and was well written.  The players in the game were likable and easy to get to know.  The style of writing was clear and written at a level that almost any reader can enjoy.

--- Example 7 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Teen & Young Adult->Literature & Fiction
- Title: Along for the Ride
- Subtitle: Paperback – Illustrated, April 5, 2011
- Price: 9.74
- Author: Sarah Dessen
- Description: Review "Beautifully captures that sense of summer as a golden threshold between past regrets and future unknowns." - The Washington Post About the Author Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association.  Sarah lives in North Carolina with her family. Visit her online at sar ...[truncated]
- Features: Soon to be a Netflix film!From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and For All Nights have always been Auden’s time, her chance to escape everything that’s going on around her. Then she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac, and he becomes her nocturnal tour guide. Now, with an endless supply of summer nights between them, almost anything can happen. . . . “As with all Dessen’s books, [this] is a must-have” — VOYA , starred review Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Awa ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Great Summer Read: This the first Sarah Dessen book I had read and I must say that I am thrilled to find an author this good.  I picked up this book this morning and could not put it down.  The story of a young woman, Auden, who has always been a little adult focused on her future and the new and life changing experiences she goes through when she visits her dad, step-mother and new baby stepsister in Colby.  I can totally relate to Auden and her lack of social experience.  I could understand her feelings and the choices she made because it is exactly what I would have done.  I love the town of Colby and the girls that Auden meets there.  They take her in even if she did make a huge mistake of making out with Jake the first night she is in town.  That very same night she see a boy doing tricks on the boardwalk but doesn't know who he is.  Auden learns that his name is Eli and he is going through a difficult time since the summer before his best friend, Abe, died in a car accident where he was the driver.
This is a wonderful story of a girl chance to take control of her life and really live.  There is a perfect amount of detail in the story and many different story lines moving at the same time.  I enjoyed that the story was not just a romance but really that of finding friendship, family, yourself and love all at the same time.  It is a story of taking chances and growing.

--- Example 8 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Teen & Young Adult->Literature & Fiction
- Title: Anna and the French Kiss
- Subtitle: Paperback – Deckle Edge, August 4, 2011
- Price: 9.34
- Author: Stephanie Perkins
- Description: About the Author Stephanie Perkins (www.stephanieperkins.com) lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. chapter one Here is everything I know about France: Madeline and Amélie and Moulin Rouge . The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, although I have no idea what the function of either actually is. Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, and a lot of kings named Louis. I’m not sure what they did either, but I think it has something to do with the French Revolution, w ...[truncated]
- Features: “Stephanie Perkins’s characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good.” -Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna can’t wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s less than thrilled when her father unexpectedly ships her off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair, the perfect boy. The only problem? He's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes ...[truncated]

Review by this user:
Great Contemporary!: First, let me say that I has so much anticipation to read Anna and the French Kiss.  I had read review after review and they all had wonderful things to say.  I was a bit nervous that for some reason I was not going to like it, but I had nothing to worry about.  I loved this book.  Stephanie Perkins did a wonderful job with not only the story line but really building full and complete characters.  With as many as there are in this book, I was pleased to see the level on detail on each and everyone one of them.
What would seemly be an amazing opportunity to be away from your parents for your senior year of high school was a disaster for Anna but though meeting a group of friends right of the bat it is getting easier day by day for Anna.  Though she does not realize it right away she is falling for St Clair and she does not know how to handle it - he is taken and she has a guy she really wants back home.
One of my favorite parts of this book is Anna's love for movies and the descriptions of the movie theaters in France.  I loved this touch and it made Anna such a deep character.
I high recommend this book.  It is a great fun loving read.  I know I didn't want to put it down.

The specific book this user is about to review:
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**User Amazon store: Raymond E Feist (Author)**: - Category: Books->Science Fiction & Fantasy->Fantasy
- Title: A Kingdom Besieged: Book One of the Chaoswar Saga
- Subtitle: None
- Price: None
- Author: Raymond E. Feist
  Raymond E. Feist's previous novels include the first volume in the Darkwar Saga, Flight of the Nighthawks, as well as the Conclave of Shadows: Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, and Exile's Return; Magician; Silverthorn; Faerie Tale; Prince of the Blood; and The King's Buccaneer; as well as the four books of the New York Times bestselling Serpentwar Saga: Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, and Shards of a Broken Crown; and the three books of his Riftwar Legacy: Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins, and Krondor: Tear of the Gods. Feist lives in Southern California.
- Description: Review “Originality and wit a rollicking tale Feist’s narrative skill, ingenuity at creating systems of magic, and eye for plausible militaryscenarios stand him in good stead. His many fans will be pleased.” (Booklist)“Sheer readability.” (San Francisco Chronicle)“[Feist] introduces a new dimension to his universe and added new depth to recurring characters while creating fascinating new heroes and villains. With a fast pace and clean, crisp storytelling, this fantasy saga belongs in most libraries.” (Library Journal)“A promising start to what looks like a strong, dire trilogy of fantastic adventure.” (San Diego Union-Tribune)“Fast action, appealing characters, and a splendid setting will delight readers of fantasy and leave them eager for the next battle.” (Kirkus Reviews)“A massive, entertaining tale.” (Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel)“There’s an evil sparkle here, brighter and hotter than any of Feist’s works since the Magician trilogy. The Dasati and their world are sumptuously realised . . . It’s an entertaining, at times intoxicating mixture.” (SF Site)“Feist brings a new world alive.” (The Oregonian (Portland))“Originality and wit... A rollicking tale... [Feist’s] narrative skill, ingenuity at creating systems of magic, and eye for plausible military scenarios stand him in good stead. His many fans will be pleased.” (Booklist)“Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.” (Chicago-Sun Times)“[A] compelling and profoundly moving tale… an invaluable addition to a beloved canon.” (barnesandnoble.com)“This tale of shape-shifting magicians, human sacrifice, man-eating demons, and a little young love will satisfy Feist’s fans, and the ending will leave them waiting for another volume.” (Publishers Weekly)“Action and intrigue and evocative writing . . . Feist brings a new world alive.” (The Oregonian (Portland))“A sensitive coming-of-age tale in which brutality and camaraderie are equally present, Feist’s newest saga has a freshness of vision that suggests it will avoid the staleness that often eats away at multi-volume epics.” (Publishers Weekly)“An epic reading experience . . . Unpretentious, fast-paced . . . Shadow of a Dark Queen works admirably.” (San Diego Union-Tribune)“A story of redemption and heroism featuring an unlikely hero . . . This classic fantasy should find a welcome audience among the author’s fans.” (Library Journal)“A great read and a wonderful addition to Feist’s collection.” (SF Site)“An action-packed story of intrigue and betrayal.” (Library Journal)“A fine yarn . . . vivid . . . suspenseful . . . The action is nonstop. (Booklist)“As usual, Feist brings this off wonderfully.” (Science Fiction Chronicle)“Another crowd-pleaser for Feist to add to his already impressive resume.” (Publishers Weekly on King of Foxes)“CLASSIC.” (Chicago Tribune)“Feist has the universe firmly under his control, and the adventure is grand[.]” (Contra Costa Times)“Feist’s fans will look forward to the saga’s final episode.” (Publishers Weekly)“Feist is at his best.” (Science Fiction Chronicle)“Originality and wit . . . A rollicking tale . . . Feist’s narrative skill, ingenuity at creating systems of magic, and eye for plausible military scenarios stand him in good stead. His many fans will be pleased.” (Booklist)“In the forefront of contemporary fantasy adventure.” (Library Journal)“FUN . . . A place to start for those yet to discover Feist’s fantasy worlds.” (Locus)“Fine entertainment . . . Feist works his signature magic . . . an absorbing and carefully crafted adventure with pleasing density of plotting, good characterization . . . this is populist Dickens out of Tolkien, and it works.” (Sydney Morning Herald)“Sure to please Feist fans and win new ones.” (Publishers Weekly)“Splendid . . . fast action, appealing characters . . . (It) will delight readers of fantasy.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Shows Feist in top form.” (Adelaide Advertiser)“This simple, charming fairy tale will appeal to adult fans of the Riftwar books as well as mature teens who don’t mind a bit of romance in their sword-and-sorcery.” (Publishers Weekly)“This is a series that gets better as it goes along.” (Science Fiction Chronicle)“With his storytelling mastery and ear for colorful language and nuance, the author of numerous books set in the dual worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan here launches a series that takes his fantasy universe into a whole new phase. ” (Library Journal)“The prose is smooth, the plot is exactly what you’d expect and the characters do exactly what Feist tells them . . . File under guilty pleasure.” (The Guardian)“The most interesting character in the saga to date, Kaspar . . . another complicated and compelling protagonist . . . [W]ill have Feist fans eagerly awaiting the next installment.” (Publishers Weekly)“Well-paced storytelling by a veteran entertainer.” (Kirkus Reviews) From the Back Cover After nearly thirty years and more than two dozen novels, Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Cycle has become one of the most iconic, beloved, and enduring sagas in modern fantasy. The Riftwars—including the original Riftwar, the Serpentwar, the Darkwar, and the Demonwar—were epic battles between Good and Evil whose ramifications have echoed through generations. The latest entry in the epic, A Kingdom Besieged , ushers in the most fearsome threat the Kingdom has yet faced—the Chaoswar—a magic apocalypse with cataclysmic results. A Kingdom Besieged Years ago, the Empire of Great Kesh failed in its attempt to conquer Krondor after the Serpentwar, thanks to the bravery, cunning, and magic of the sorcerer Pug and the Conclave of Shadows. Since then, peace has benefitted both nations, and the Kingdom has been free from the threat of another Keshian invasion. Yet now, the dark clouds of war gather again. . . . From the Far Coast in the west to the frontier with the Eastern Kingdoms, rumors, uncertainty, and political instability are rampant. Spies have gone missing—some were murdered while others have turned traitor. Factions are rising, powerful legions from the Keshian Confederacy have been mobilized, and an attack on the kingdoms of the Isles and Roldem is all but certain. As the men of the Western Realm begin to mount a defense, Martin conDoin, the middle son of Lord Henry, Duke of Crydee, finds himself leading the charge against the invaders—like his legendary ancestor, Prince Arutha, who stood firm to the death against the Tsurani invasion. But Arutha had an entire army at his command. Martin has just a ragtag force comprised of a few old men and young boys. As Kesh's invading hordes once again descend upon the Kingdom, no one is safe—not experienced masters of intrigue Lord James Dasher Jamison and the beguiling and deadly Lady Franciezka; not the brave warrior Knight-Adamant Sandreena and a new generation of loyal yet untested defenders; not even the great Pug himself, the most powerful magician the world of Midkemia has ever known. A threat far more terrifying has arisen, an evil whose burgeoning power portends Midkemia's demise. And soon even the Kingdom's enchanted defender will find himself questioning everything he's ever held abiding, true, and treasured . . . including the loyalty and desires of his beloved son, Magnus. About the Author Raymond E. Feist is the multiple New York Times bestselling author or coauthor of thirty previous books—all but one of which are Riftwar Cycle novels. He lives in San Diego. Read more
- Features:
“Feist has the universe firmly under his control.”— Contra Costa Times “Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”— Chicago-Sun Times Midkemia’s fifth and final Riftwar—the devastating Chaoswar—explodes in the opening volume of Raymond E. Feist’s spectacular new epic fantasy trilogy of magic, conflict, and world-shattering peril. A Kingdom Besieged is a breathtaking adventure that brings back Pug—first introduced in Feist’s classic debut novel, Magician , and now Midkemia’s most powerful sorcerer—who faces a major magical cataclysm that forces him to question everything he’s ever held as true and dear…including the loyalty of his beloved son Magnus. The Chaoswar promises to be the crowning achievement in the three decades-long career of a New York Times bestselling master fantasist who rules the sword and sorcery universe along with Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks.
- Details:
  Publisher: Harper Voyager; First Edition (April 12, 2011)
  Language: English
  Hardcover: 368 pages
  ISBN 10: 0061468398
  ISBN 13: 978-0061468391
  Item Weight: 1.15 pounds
  Dimensions: 6 x 1.17 x 9 inches
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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:
  Western fiction with particular devotion to Lewis B. Patten as 'my favorite Western writer'
  J.D. Hardin's Doc Weatherbee and Raider Pinkerton detective series, calling them 'guilty pleasures'
  Spy and espionage fiction including Earl Drake novels, Mission: Impossible, and Man from U.N.C.L.E. adaptations
  World War II thriller novels, particularly Basil Heatter's works which they compare favorably to 'The Guns of Navarone'
  Hard Case Crime series publications, hoping 'Hard Case Crime will be around for a long time'
  Historical aspects of the Old West including 'copper barons' in Butte, Montana and 'vigilante justice'
  1960s television adaptations and their novelizations, showing familiarity with 'the old sixties TV show'
  Used bookstores and collecting older genre fiction, mentioning purchases 'from an old book store in Pittsburgh'
  Railroad-themed Westerns and detective fiction like the Faraday Security Service series
  Comparative literary analysis, referencing authors like Elmore Leonard, John MacDonald's Travis McGee, and Alistair MacLean
  Series fiction evaluation, tracking quality across multiple entries and identifying when 'the formula was becoming tired'
  Mining town settings and Western frontier locations in fiction
Values:
  Prioritizes fast-paced, engaging narratives that can be 'read in one sitting' or 'finished in a single night'
  Appreciates originality over formulaic plotting, criticizing when stories are 'too formulaic' or 'dull and predictable'
  Values vivid writing style and sharp characterization over stock characters and flat personalities
  Shows social consciousness, noting themes of 'contemporary poverty and the incredible struggle to raise oneself into a better life'
  Believes quality entertainment can address serious themes like 'the havenots do not really stand a chance'
  Appreciates historical authenticity and lesser-known historical settings like 'the ugliness and political corruption of Butte, Montana'
  Values character development and 'coming of age' stories that succeed as both adventure and personal growth narratives
  Demonstrates loyalty to favorite authors while remaining critically objective about individual works
  Appreciates humor when it emerges naturally, praising 'great unforced humor from the relationships'
  Values publishers who preserve older works, praising Hard Case Crime for bringing 'great older and more contemporary crime stories to today's readers'
  Balances entertainment value with literary quality, acknowledging 'guilty pleasures' while noting their shortcomings
  Prefers substantive plots over excessive content, noting 'too much sex in these books' as a detraction
Communication:
  Consistently uses HTML break tags (
) to structure reviews into clear paragraphs
  Employs comparative analysis extensively, referencing other authors and works as benchmarks
  Provides clear recommendations using phrases like 'highly recommended,' 'not recommended,' or 'worth your time'
  Opens reviews with contextual framing such as 'Just finished this book' or 'I had read a few of the books in this series'
  Balances plot summary with critical evaluation without revealing major spoilers
  Uses conversational yet authoritative tone suggesting deep genre expertise
  Frequently offers alternative reading suggestions, directing readers to 'try [specific title]' for better examples
  Employs qualifying language like 'somewhat,' 'fairly,' 'perhaps,' and 'I think' to nuance opinions
  Structures reviews in 3-5 paragraph format with introduction, analysis, and conclusion
  Makes literary and cultural references to demonstrate broader reading context
  Uses specific evidence from texts including character names, plot points, and settings
  Maintains consistent rating patterns with detailed justification for scores
Statistics:
  Average review length approximately 120-150 words with range from 50 to 200 words
  Most frequent phrases include 'highly recommended,' 'worth your time,' 'fast-moving,' 'well written,' and 'I finished it in'
  Consistently uses 'I think,' 'I like,' and 'I found' to frame personal opinions
  Employs qualifiers 'somewhat,' 'fairly,' 'perhaps' regularly to moderate statements
  Typical rating distribution: predominantly 4-star reviews with occasional 2-3 and 5-star ratings
  Sentence structure varies between short declarative statements and longer analytical compound sentences
  Reviews posted consistently over 6-month period from June to November 2010
  Frequently references specific book titles and author names, demonstrating extensive genre knowledge
  Uses comparative constructions regularly: 'better than,' 'not as good as,' 'reminds me of'
  Verified purchases noted in approximately 60% of reviews
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The user's past reviews:
--- Example 1 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: San Juan Shootout (J.d. Hardin)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1984
- Price: 5.32
- Description:
- Features: Bullets are flying over San Juan silver! Hired to protect an eccentric inventor from Ute Indians, money-hungry desperadoes, and his own passion for pleasure, Doc and Raider come to the San Juan Silver Mines--the riches and most dangerous in the West. The Pinkerton duo soon have their hands full. But despite the gunslinging necessary to get the job done, they still manage to quench the burning desires of a European soprano, a miner's daughter, and an enigmatic lady of the night...

Review by this user:
Good plot and subplots in this one.: Doc and Raider arrive in the mining town of Mineral Point, Colorado to find inventor Arcady Harrison who has disappeared in the mining fields, and is working on an invention to revolutionize silver mining.  Soon after they find their man, Doc and Raider are caught up in the schemes of a corrupt assayer,an ignorant BIA agent and two cunning Indians all with their own agendas.

It's a fast-moving story with a colorful cast of villains, who might have come out of an Elmore Leonard novel.

I was hooked after chapter one, and finished it in a single night.

If you're going to read the "adult Westerns," stick with this series featuring Doc and Raider.  I think these books are better than either the Longarm or the Gunsmith stories you may have seen.

A good entry in this series. Recommended.

--- Example 2 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: Tombstone in Deadwood
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 1984
- Price: 9.57
- Description:
- Features: PBK

Review by this user:
Pass On It: Very little plot.  Humdrum characters.

One of the worst in this series.

Skip it

--- Example 3 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: Apache Trail (J. D. Hardin, No. 48)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – May 1, 1985
- Price: 7.03
- Author: J. D. Hardin
- Description:
- Features: After Raider is shanghaied into the U.S. Army, Doc sets out alone to rescue the son of the Arizona governor from the Apaches

Review by this user:
On The Apache Trail...: I've read and enjoyed several books in this series by J.D. Hardin, but this novel is one of the mediocre books in a long running series.

Frankly, there's just nothing new or exciting about the story.

If you want a well-written Western, check out books by Lewis Patten or Cameron Judd.

"Apache Trail" is not recommended.

--- Example 4 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: Train Ride to Hell (J. D. Hardin, No. 71)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – April 1, 1987
- Price: from 2.50
- Description:
- Features:

Review by this user:
Somewhat weak compared with other books in this series...: Pinkerton operatives Doc Weatherbee and Raider escort a group of Russian nobility on a hunting trip, and are pursued by a criminal gang from Russia, who intend to kill the royal family.

It's not a bad read, but this team of ghost writers has certainly done better in past novels.

I think the series was canceled after this entry. Perhaps the authors had run out of ideas for Doc and Raider stories.

Try "The Swindler's Trail" or "The Pecos Dollars" or "San Juan Shootout" for some lively story telling.

--- Example 5 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: Death's Deal (Raider, No. 6)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – December 1, 1987
- Price: 6.98
- Author: J. D. Hardin
- Description:
- Features: Raider faces one outlaw after another while leading a group of inexperienced Easterners playing at being cowhands in a cattle drive along the Oregon Trail

Review by this user:
A very good solo Raider entry: "Death's Deal" is a fine entry in the solo Raider Western novel series.  This series of books focused on the character of Raider, working alone for the Pinkertons after Doc Weatherbee leaves the agency.

Most of the plot is taken up with a grueling cattle drive, which brings out the courage and cowardice, good and evil of everybody involved. The major villain is more of a contemporary sociopath than the standard Western bad guy.

The solo Raider books just don't have the quality of the earlier Hardin series, but this one is excellent.

Highly recommended.

--- Example 6 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: The Cheyenne Fraud (Raider, No. 8)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – February 1, 1988
- Price: 6.2
- Author: J. D. Hardin
- Description:
- Features: Raider has to track down Gerhard Steinbrenner, a dangerous and cunning counterfeiter from Europe

Review by this user:
Probably Holly's best book.: Probably Joan Hunter Holly's finest book.

In the future, mankind has been programmed to feel no emotion.  The few that can feel emotion are caught and put through a brutal re-education process.

Danig is determined to keep and raise a young boy slated to be eventually eliminated.  The suspenseful plot moves at the right pace.  The re-education scenes are frightening.

Highly recommended

--- Example 7 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: Border Law (Raider, 34)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – April 1, 1990
- Price: 9.97
- Description:
- Features: Eager to teach his fast-gunned operative about how the law operates, Mr. Pinkerton makes Raider the temporary sheriff of Laredo, and Raider is hard-pressed not to use his gun to solve every petty disturbance in the town

Review by this user:
Recommended.: Raider takes on a sheriff's badge in Laredo, Texas in order to capture a Mexican bandit leader.  However, there is more skullduggery in town which leads him to believe that El Lobo is not the problem.

Well written story with action and suspense and the plot takes some unpredictable turns.

Recommended.

--- Example 8 ---
Book:
- Category: Books->Literature & Fiction->Genre Fiction
- Title: The Gallows Land
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – May 1, 2001
- Price: 12.5
- Author: Bill Pronzini
- Description: About the Author Bill Pronzini has authored or edited dozens of books in the mystery and western genres. He currently resides in California, with his wife, Marcia Muller.
- Features: Roy Boone, a grief-striken widower, follows a mysterious woman who may have killed her abusive husband with the pistol she had stolen from Roy. Reprint.

Review by this user:
If you've read all of Ed Gorman's Westerns...: If you enjoy the western novels of Ed Gorman, this book will certainly hold your interest.

Think of this book as a Old West noir story.

Recommended

The specific book this user is about to review:
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**User Amazon store: Betty Webb (Author),  Jonathan Harrington (Author),  Terence Faherty (Author),  Nancy Baker Jacobs (Author)**: - Category: Books->Mystery, Thriller & Suspense->Mystery
- Title: Desperate Journeys: An Anthology (Wwl Mystery, 491)
- Subtitle: Mass Market Paperback – April 23, 2004
- Price: 12.44
- Author: Nancy Baker Jacobs
  Nancy Baker Jacobs is the award-winning author of 13 crime novels, including the Devon MacDonald private eye series; FLASH POINT (featuring arson investigator Susan Delancey) and STAR STRUCK (introducing “Hollywood Star” reporter Quinn Collins), both first installments in new mystery series; STAR SEARCH (a Quinn Collins novella); and seven suspense novels. Her latest suspense offering, RICOCHET, was chosen by the Mystery Writers of America as a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. As Nancy C. Baker, she’s also written six nonfiction books on subjects ranging from black market adoption to breast cancer. Nancy Baker Jacobs has worked as a private detective, a university professor and administrator, and a journalist. She lives on California’s Monterey Peninsula.
- Description:
- Features:
Desperate Journeys by Betty Webb\Terence Faherty\Jonathan Harrington\Nancy Baker Jacobs released on Apr 23, 2004 is available now for purchase.
- Details:
  Publisher: WWL Mystery; Original edition (April 23, 2004)
  Language: English
  Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  ISBN 10: 0373264917
  ISBN 13: 978-0373264919
  Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
  Dimensions: 4.19 x 1.01 x 6.63 inches
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