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Book Review By Malca Watkins
Caught In Crystal by Patricia C. Wrede

Kyle was living a very happylife as an normal person after leaving the Sisterhood. But when a job she left undone fifteen years ago comes back to haunt her, she must help fix the harm it's done, and decide if she wants to go back to the only family she'd ever known.


Plot & Themes
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: -
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - spying/espionage in enemy territorry - deposing an evil leader -
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - - search for identity/new understanding - change of heart
Adversaries are… -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society - inhabited by friendly aliens - neutral aliens
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - - -
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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