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Caught In Crystal - Patricia C. Wrede Book Review

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Review Summary
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.
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FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Romance Yes
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - spying/espionage in enemy territorry - deposing an evil leader
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - weapon - power source - magical weapon
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding - change of heart
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
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - mentally ill - emotionally unstable - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Mountains
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

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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