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Review title: Romance, not SF.
Product review: Were they always like this? I loved the first two Crystal Singer books, but I read them many years ago, when I was much younger. CRYSTAL LINE, short as it is, was very difficult to get through. The prose is pandering, and the dialogue is downright nauseating. Make no bones about it, this is a romance novel with token trappings of science fiction. I almost expected to see Fabio posing as Lars for the cover. SF for lonely housewives! Add to that a barely-there plot and a tacked-on-for-a-bit-of-excitement finale, and this book ends up being a huge disappointment.
