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eBook The Virgin Blue PDF Þ The Virgin Epub / Õ cloudunblock.co Õ virgin free, blue download, The Virgin book, The Virgin Blue KindleSo this book started off strong very strong The story of the 1500 Isabelle was very interesting although could have been developed a little I think I actually had a hard time putting the book down in the first three uarters or However by the end I was pretty much tired of it Tired because it was so odd and unbelievable and I'd really stopped caring for Ella the modern day main characterI loved the idea of what was happening the same land same family a modern day version of the character trying to solve a puzzle or a mystery of what had happened to her long ago counterpart But there were parts of it that added nothing to the story and made the characters less likeableI liked Ella a lot in the beginning but didn't understand why the author gave her the relationship she did with Jean Paul It just didn't make sense and didn't develop the story any OddI realize this sounds like I didn't like it at all Which isn't true I did but became sort of disillusioned with the characters in the e
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